general
assessment: modern system with all important capabilities;
however, density is low with only 4.6 main lines available for each
100 persons domestic: good system composed of open-wire lines, cables,
and microwave radio relay links; Internet available but expensive;
principal switching centers are Casablanca and Rabat; national
network nearly 100% digital using fiber-optic links; improved rural
service employs microwave radio relay international: country code - 212; 7 submarine cables;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat;
microwave radio relay to Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara;
coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria; participant in
Medarabtel; fiber-optic cable link from Agadir to Algeria and
Tunisia (1998)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 27, FM 25,
shortwave 6 (1998)
Radios:
6.64 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
35 (plus 66
repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
3.1 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.ma
Internet hosts:
3,627 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
8 (2000)
Internet users:
800,000 (2003)
Transportation
Morocco
Railways:
total: 1,907
km standard gauge: 1,907 km 1.435-m gauge (1,003 km electrified)
(2003)
Highways:
total: 57,694
km paved: 32,551 km (including 481 km of expressways) unpaved: 25,143 km (2002)
Pipelines:
gas 695 km; oil 285
km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Agadir, El Jadida,
Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra, Mohammedia, Nador, Rabat, Safi,
Tangier; also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla
Merchant marine:
total: 41
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 236,131 GRT/252,367 DWT by type: cargo 6, chemical tanker 6, container 8,
passenger/cargo 13, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll
on/roll off 5 foreign-owned: 6 (France 1, Germany 2, Switzerland 2, United
Kingdom 1) (2005)
Airports:
63 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 25 over 3,047 m: 11 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 38 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 11 (2004 est.)