Bahrain

Bahrain Transportation

Highways
total: 3,261 km
paved: 2,531 km
unpaved: 730 km (2000)

Waterways
general assessment: modern system
domestic: modern fiber-optic integrated services; digital network with rapidly growing use of mobile cellular telephones
international: country code - 973; tropospheric scatter to Qatar and UAE; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia; submarine cable to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat (1997)

Pipelines
gas 20 km; oil 53 km (2004)

Ports and harbors
Manama, Mina' Salman, Sitrah

Merchant marine
total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 219,083 GRT/312,638 DWT
by type: bulk 3, container 2, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: Hong Kong 1, Kuwait 1
registered in other countries: 2 (2004 est.)

Airports
4 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 2
1524 to 2437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Heliports
1 (2003 est.)



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