10,780 km total;
5,170 km paved; 5,610 km gravel, crushed stone, and
earth.
Famagusta,
Kyrenia,
Larnaca, Limassol,
Paphos.
1,299 ships (1,000 GRT or
over)
totaling 21,045,037 GRT/37,119,933 DWT; includes 10 short-sea passenger, 1 passenger-cargo, 463 cargo, 77
refrigerated cargo,
24 roll-on/roll-off, 70 container, 4 multifunction large load carrier, 110 oil tanker, 3
specialized tanker, 3 liquefied gas, 26
chemical tanker, 32 combination ore/oil, 422 bulk, 3 vehicle carrier,
48
combination bulk, 1 railcar carrier, 2 passenger; note - a
flag of convenience registry; Cuba owns 27 of
these ships, Russia
owns 36, Latvia also has 7 ships, Croatia owns 2, and Romania
5.
Excellent, 210,000 telephones;largely open-wire and
microwave radio
relay; broadcast stations - 11 AM, 8 FM, 1 (34 repeaters). International service by
tropospheric scatter, 3
submarine cables,
and satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian
Ocean INTELSAT and EUTELSAT earth
stations.
Larnaca International and Paphos International
Airports, and
the
ports of Limassol, Larnaca, and Paphos are the only legal ports of entry and exit to the Republic of
Cyprus.
Ships
carrying cargo and passengers call regularly at Larnaca and Limassol, the principal southern
ports.
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