Highways: 10,780 km total; 5,170 km bituminous surface treated; 5,610 km gravel, crushed stone, and earth

Ports: Famagusta and Kyrenia (under Turkish-Cypriot control); Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, and Kyrenia (under Greek-Cypriot control); 2 secondary, 10 minor

Merchant marine: 1,187 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,019,398 GRT/33,423,506 DWT; includes 2 passenger, 12 short-sea passenger, 3 passenger-cargo, 483 cargo, 67 refrigerated cargo, 17 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 39 container, 105 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 specialized liquid cargo, 4 liquefied gas, 15 chemical tanker, 28 combination ore/oil, 358 bulk, 4 vehicle carrier, 1 railcar carrier, 48 combination bulk carrier; note--a flag of convenience registry

Civil air: 8 major transport aircraft

Airports: 13 total, 13 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: excellent in the area controlled by the Cypriot Government (Greek area), moderately good in the Turkish-Cypriot administered area; 210,000 telephones; stations--10 AM, 3 (11 repeaters) FM, 2 (40 repeaters) TV; tropospheric scatter circuits to Greece and Turkey; 3 submarine coaxial cables; satellite earth stations--in INTELSAT 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean, and EUTELSAT systems

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