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Tajikistan
Transportation and Telecommunications
Highways: In 1992, 32,750 kilometers of roads,
of which 18,240 classified as main roads. One major highway connecting
Dushanbe in southwest with Khujand in northwest.
Railroads: Most important means of transportation,
but do not link vital areas of northwest and southwest. In 1990
total track 891 kilometers, of which 410 industrial. Aging infrastructure
depleting service reliability.
Civil Aviation: Airport at Dushanbe, only one
with scheduled flights, in poor condition; cannot accommodate
large inter-national planes. Tajikistan International Airlines
founded 1995 with Western aid.
Inland Waterways: None.
Ports: None.
Pipelines: Only short natural gas lines from
Uzbekistan to Dushanbe and linking Uzbekistani points across Tajikistan's
northwest extremity.
Telecommunications: In 1993, 259,600 telephones
(one per twenty-two persons). Radio and television broadcasting
is monopoly of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
Thirteen AM and three FM stations offer programs in Tajik, Russian,
and Uzbek. Television broadcasts from Dushanbe with relays from
Iran, Russia, and Turkey. In 1992, 854,000 radios and 860,000
televisions in use.
Data as of March 1996
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