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Saudi Arabia
Index
Roads: About 100,000 kilometers, of which in 1991 over
35,000
kilometers paved and 65,000 kilometers improved earth. TransArabian Highway, a multilane expressway, crossed peninsula from
Ad Dammam to Jiddah via Riyadh and Mecca.
Railroads: 571 kilometers standard gauge (1.435 meters)
from
Riyadh to port at Ad Dammam; also shorter rail line linking
Riyadh and Al Hufuf.
Ports: Jiddah, principal port, handled 60 percent of
cargo.
Ad Dammam, second largest port, and Ras Tanura handled most of
the kingdom's petroleum exports. Al Jubayl, Yanbu al Bahr, and
Jizan smaller ports.
Airports: Three international airports in Jiddah,
Riyadh, and
Dhahran.
Telecommunications: Good modern system with
radio-relay,
coaxial cable, and satellite facilities; network expanding. 1.6
million telephones in 1991; more than forty AM radio, and more
than 100 television stations; five International
Telecommunications Satellite Corporation (Intelsat) and two Arab
Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) ground
stations.
Data as of December 1992
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