Railroads: 4,146 km total; 2,632 km standard gauge (1.435 m), 1,258 km 1.055-meter gauge, 256 km 1.000-meter gauge; 300 km electrified; 215 km double track

Highways: 80,000 km total; 60,000 km concrete or bituminous, 20,000 km gravel, crushed stone, unimproved earth

Pipelines: crude oil, 6,612 km; refined products, 298 km; natural gas, 2,948 km

Ports: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Jijel, Mers el Kebir, Mostaganem, Oran

Merchant marine: 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 863,609 GRT/966,735 DWT; includes 5 passenger, 27 cargo, 2 vehicle carrier, 10 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 7 chemical tanker, 7 bulk, 1 specialized liquid cargo

Civil air: 33 major transport aircraft

Airports: 150 total, 145 usable; 54 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,660 m; 27 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 73 with runways 1,220-2,439 m; 32 with runways under 1,000 m

Telecommunications: excellent domestic and international service in the north, sparse in the south; 693,000 telephones; stations--25 AM, no FM, 113 TV; 1,550,000 TV sets; 3,500,000 receiver sets; 6 submarine cables; coaxial cable or radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; satellite earth stations--1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Intersputnik, 1 ARABSAT, and 15 domestic

NOTE: The information regarding Algeria on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Algeria Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Algeria Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.