Western Sahara:
Communications & Transportation

Other pages in this profile of Western Sahara:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.


Telephones - main lines in use	Definition - World rank and map about 2,000 (1999 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 5.1 (1999 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular	Definition - World rank and map 0 (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people	Definition - World rank and map 0 (1999)
Telephone system	Definition general assessment: sparse and limited system domestic: NA international: country code - 212; tied into Morocco's system by microwave radio relay, tropospheric scatter, and satellite; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) linked to Rabat, Morocco
Radio broadcast stations	Definition AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0 (1998)
Television broadcast stations	Definition NA
Internet country code	Definition .eh
Internet users	Definition - World rank and map NA

Airports	Definition - World rank and map 9 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways	Definition total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways	Definition total: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 3 under 914 m: 2 (2007)
Ports and terminals	Definition Ad Dakhla, Cabo Bojador, Laayoune (El Aaiun)