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Syria TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Roads: In 1985 over 25,000 kilometers of roads, 18,000
of which were paved. Main areas linked, but network required
continuous and intensive development.
Railroads: 2,013 kilometers in 1984. Standard gauge
(1,686 kilometers) crossed northern part of country from coast to
Iraq border in northeast (via Aleppo). Narrow gauge in southwest
served Damascus with tracks into Lebanon and Jordan.
Ports: Tartus most important--8.8 million tons of cargo
in 1984.
Also served as country's crude oil export terminal. Latakia
handled 1.7 million tons of cargo in 1984. Baniyas was oil port
and
site of large refinery.
Pipelines: Two international crude-oil pipelines, one
from Iraq and one from Saudi Arabia, both terminating in Lebanon.
Domestic crude-oil pipeline from oil fields in northeast to port
of Tartus via Homs
(refinery). Three lines for petroleum products from Homs refinery
to Damascus, Aleppo, and Latakia.
Communications: Good domestic and international
telecommunications service.
Data as of April 1987
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