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Communications
Railroads: 619 km 1.050-meter gauge, single track.
Highways: 7,500 km; 5,500 km asphalt, 2,000 km gravel and
crushed stone.
Pipelines: crude oil, 209 km.
Ports: Al Aqabah.
Merchant marine: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 32,635
GRT/44,618 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 2 bulk cargo.
Civil air: 19 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 19 total, 16 usable; 14 with permanent-surface runways;
1 with runways over 3,659 m; 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
none with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: adequate system of radio relay, cable,
and radio; 81,500 telephones; stations--4 AM, 3 FM, 24 TV;
satellite earth stations--1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian
Ocean INTELSAT, 1 ARABSAT, 1 domestic TV receive-only; coaxial
cable and radio relay to Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria; radio
relay to Lebanon is inactive; a microwave network linking Syria,
Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Jordan.