Railroads: 4,294 km total, all government owned (1986); 4,049 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 245 km narrow gauge; 908 km double track; 2,342 km electrified

Highways: 37,397 km total; 33,352 km hard surface (including 228 km superhighways); 4,045 km earth roads (1986)

Inland waterways: 470 km (1986)

Pipelines: crude, 193 km; refined product, 418 km; natural gas, 1,400 km (1986)

Ports: Burgas, Varna, Varna West; river ports are Ruse, Vidin, and Lom on the Danube

Merchant marine: 108 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,243,826 GRT/1,876,857 DWT; includes 2 passenger, 32 cargo, 2 container, 1 passenger-cargo, 5 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 16 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 railcar carriers, 48 bulk

Civil air: 65 major transport aircraft

Airports: 380 total, 380 usable; fewer than 5 with permanent-surface runways; 120 with runways over 3,659 m; 15 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 30 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: stations--15 AM, 16 FM, 13 TV; 1 Soviet TV relay; 2,100,000 TV sets; 2,100,000 radio receivers; at least 1 satellite earth station

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria 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 Bulgaria Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.