Highways: 6,100 km total; 1,350 km surfaced, 4,750 km improved and unimproved earth roads and tracks

Ports: El Aaiun, Ad Dakhla

Airports: 16 total, 14 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: sparse and limited system; tied into Morocco's system by radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT satellite stations linked to Rabat, Morocco; 2,000 telephones; stations--2 AM, no FM, 2 TV

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