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<title>
Cyprus: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Cyprus
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Highways: 10,780 km total; 5,170 km paved; 5,610 km gravel,
crushed stone, and earth
</p>
<p>Ports: Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 1,299 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
21,045,037 GRT/37,119,933 DWT; includes 10 short-sea passenger,
1 passenger-cargo, 463 cargo, 77 refrigerated cargo, 24
roll-on/roll-off, 70 container, 4 multifunction large load
carrier, 110 oil tanker, 3 specialized tanker, 3 liquefied gas,
26 chemical tanker, 32 combination ore/oil, 422 bulk, 3 vehicle
carrier, 48 combination bulk, 1 railcar carrier, 2 passenger;
note - a flag of convenience registry; Cuba owns 27 of these
ships, Russia owns 36, Latvia also has 7 ships, Croatia owns 2,
and Romania 5
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 13</l>
<l> usable: 13</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 10</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 7</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: excellent in both the area controlled by
the Cypriot Government (Greek area), and in the Turkish-Cypriot
administered area; 210,000 telephones; largely open-wire and
microwave radio relay; broadcast stations - 11 AM, 8 FM, 1 (34
repeaters) TV in Greek sector and 2 AM, 6 FM and 1 TV in Turkish
sector; international service by tropospheric scatter, 3
submarine cables, and satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic
Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and EUTELSAT earth
stations
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