general
assessment: above the African average and continuing to be
upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet
access available domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines,
coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay international: country code - 216; 5 submarine cables;
satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat;
coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya;
participant in Medarabtel; two international gateway digital
switches
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 20,
shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios:
2.06 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
26 (plus 76
repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
920,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.tn
Internet hosts:
281 (2004)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
630,000 (2003)
Transportation
Tunisia
Railways:
total: 2,152
km standard gauge: 468 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified) dual gauge: 10 km 1.435-m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails)
(2003)
Highways:
total: 18,997
km paved: 12,424 km (including 142 km of expressways) unpaved: 6,573 km (2001)
Pipelines:
gas 3,059 km; oil
1,203 km; refined products 345 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Bizerte, Gabes, La
Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Zarzis
Merchant marine:
total: 12
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 124,733 GRT/122,664 DWT by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 1, chemical tanker 5,
passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 1 registered in other countries: 3 (2005)
Airports:
30 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 14 over 3,047 m: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 16 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.)