general assessment:
telephone facilities in the city of Djibouti are adequate as are the
microwave radio relay connections to outlying areas of the country domestic: microwave radio relay network international: country code - 253; submarine cable to Jiddah,
Suez, Sicily, Marseilles, Colombo, and Singapore; satellite earth
stations - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; Medarabtel
regional microwave radio relay telephone network
Radio
broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 0
(2001)
Radios:
52,000 (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
1 (2002)
Televisions:
28,000 (1997)
Internet
country code:
.dj
Internet
hosts:
702 (2004)
Internet
Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet
users:
6,500 (2003)
Transportation
Djibouti
Railways:
total:
100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway) narrow gauge: 100 km 1.000-m gauge note: railway under joint control of Djibouti and Ethiopia
(2003)
Highways:
total:
2,890 km paved: 364 km unpaved: 2,526 km (1999 est.)
Ports and
harbors:
Djibouti
Merchant
marine:
total:
1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,369 GRT/3,030 DWT by type: cargo 1 (2003 est.)
Airports:
13 (2003 est.)
Airports -
with paved runways:
total:
3 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1524 to 2437 m: 1 (2003 est.)
Airports -
with unpaved runways:
total:
10 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 3 (2003 est.)