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<title>
Algeria: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Algeria
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 4,060 km total; 2,616 km standard gauge (1.435 m),
1,188 km 1.055-meter gauge, 256 km 1.000-meter gauge; 300 km
electrified; 215 km double track
</p>
<p>Highways: 90,031 km total; 58,868 km concrete or bituminous,
31,163 km gravel, crushed stone, unimproved earth (1990)
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 6,612 km; petroleum products 298 km;
natural gas 2,948 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Ghazaouet,
Jijel, Mers el Kebir, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 75 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 903,179
GRT/1,064,211 DWT; includes 5 short-sea passenger, 27 cargo, 12
roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 oil tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 7
chemical tanker, 9 bulk, 1 specialized tanker
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 141</l>
<l> usable: 124</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 53</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 2</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 32</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 65</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: excellent domestic and international
service in the north, sparse in the south; 822,000 telephones;
broadcast stations - 26 AM, no FM, 18 TV; 1,600,000 TV sets;
5,200,000 radios; 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to
Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to
Morocco and Tunisia; satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean
INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Intersputnik, l ARABSAT,
and 12 domestic; 20 additional satellite earth stations are
planned
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