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Cyprus Exchange Rate:
Average exchange rate in 1990,
Cyprus pound
(C£) 0.46 to US$1.
[Average exchange rate in 1990 for the currency used by
Turkish
Cypriots, the Turkish lira (TL), 2,6008.6 to US$1.
TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Railroads: None.
Roads: In 1989 roads in the
government-controlled area
amounted to 9,824 kilometers, of which 5,240 kilometers
were
asphalted or tarred and 4,584 kilometers were dirt or
gravel. Some
of the republic's roads were superhighways; more such
roads under
construction in the early 1990s.
[In the mid-1980s, the "TRNC" possessed 6,080
kilometers of
roads, 800 kilometers of which unpaved. Major roads
connected
Nicosia with some other urban areas.]
Ports: Limassol, followed by Larnaca, important
ports;
Paphos and Vasilikos also received traffic.
[Famagusta (Gazimagusa) most important Turkish Cypriot
port,
equipped with modern facilities. Small ports at Kalecik
and Kyrenia
(Girne).]
Civil Airports: As of the early 1990s, Nicosia
International Airport closed, a result of the Turkish
invasion of
1974. Replaced by the international airports at Larnaca
and Paphos.
Also a number of smaller airports in the
government-controlled
area.
[Turkish Cypriots operated two international airports,
Ercan and
Geçitkale.]
Telecommunications: Excellent telecommunications
facilities. More than 200,000 telephones, all with
international
direct dialing. Three submarine cables and three satellite
ground
stations connected to international systems guaranteed
ready
communication abroad. State television and radio network,
in
addition to private radio station.
[Turkish Cypriots had a modern telecommunications
system, with
connections abroad going via Turkey. All villages
connected to
fully automated exchange services. Government operated two
television and radio stations.]
Data as of January 1991
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