Railroads: 19,927 km total; 15,982 km 1.435-meter government-owned standard gauge (8,999 km electrified); 3,945 km privately owned--2,100 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (1,155 km electrified) and 1,845 km 0.950-meter narrow gauge (380 km electrified)

Highways: 294,410 km total; autostrada 5,900 km, state highways 45,170 km, provincial highways 101,680 km, communal highways 141,660 km; 260,500 km concrete, bituminous, or stone block, 26,900 km gravel and crushed stone, 7,010 km earth

Inland waterways: 1,600 km for various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value

Pipelines: crude oil, 1,703 km; refined products, 2,148 km; natural gas, 19,400 km

Ports: Ancona, Augusta (Sicily), Cagliari (Sardinia), Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Naples, Palermo (Sicily), Piombino, Porto Foxi (Sardinia), Taranto, Trieste, Venice

Merchant marine: 545 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,680,116 GRT/10,626,403 DWT; includes 6 passenger, 41 short-sea passenger, 108 cargo, 5 refrigerated cargo, 18 container, 63 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5 vehicle carrier, 2 heavy-lift unit carrier, 2 livestock carrier, 144 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 42 chemical tanker, 29 liquefied gas, 5 specialized tanker, 17 combination ore/oil, 54 bulk, 4 combination bulk

Civil air: 132 major transport aircraft

Airports: 143 total, 138 usable; 87 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 35 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 35 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: well engineered, constructed, and operated; 28,000,000 telephones; stations--136 AM, 28 (over 1,800 repeaters) FM, 135 (over 1,400 repeaters) TV; 22 submarine cables; 2 communication satellite ground stations operating in INTELSAT, INMARSAT, and EUTELSAT systems

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