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Cyprus Geography
Transport and Communications
Railways: 0 km
Highways:
Total: Greek Cypriot area: 11,141 km; Turkish Cypriot area:
2,350 km (1996 est.)
Paved: Greek Cypriot area: 6,428 km; Turkish Cypriot area:
1,370 km (1996 est.)
Unpaved: Greek Cypriot area: 4,713 km (2000); Turkish Cypriot
area: 980 km (1996 est.)
Ports and harbours: Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol,
Paphos, Vasilikos
Navigable waterways: 0 km
Merchant marine:
Total: 1,414 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totalling 23,497,776
GRT/37,331,506 DWT
Ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk 442, cargo 495, chemical
tanker 22, combination bulk 40, combination ore/oil 8, container
144, liquefied gas 6, passenger 8, petroleum tanker 142, refrigerated
cargo 41, roll-on/roll-off 45, short-sea passenger 13, specialized
tanker 4, vehicle carrier 2 (1999 est.)
Note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from
37 countries among which are Greece 611, Germany 129, Russia
49, Latvia 278, Netherlands 20, Japan 28, Cuba 16, China 15,
Hong Kong 13, and Poland 15 (1998 est.)
Airports: 16 (2002)
International Airports:
Larnaca - LCA
Paphos - PFO
Akrotiri - AKT
Airports - with paved runways:
Total: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
Under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
Total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
Under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)
Telephones
Main lines in use: Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish
Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998)
Mobile phones: Greek Cypriot area: 68,000 (1998); Turkish
Cypriot area: 70,000 (1999)
Radio
Radio broadcast stations: Greek Cypriot area: AM 7, FM 60,
Shortwave 1 (1998): Turkish Cypriot area: AM 3, FM 11, Shortwave
1 (1998).
Radios: Greek Cypriot area: 310,000 (1997); Turkish Cypriot
area: 56,450 (1994)
Television
Television broadcast stations: Greek Cypriot area: 4 (plus
225 low power repeaters): Turkish Cypriot area: 4 (plus 5
repeaters) (Sept 1995)
Televisions: Greek Cypriot area: 248,000 (1997): Turkish Cypriot
area: 52,300 (1994)
Internet
ISPs 6 (2000) Internet users 150,000 (2002)
Main Source:
Department of Statistics
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