Highways:
total: 23,000 km
paved and graveled: 18,300 km
unpaved: earth 4,700 km (1990)
Pipelines: crude oil 250 km; natural gas 4,400 km
Ports: Turkmenbashi (formerly Krasnowodsk)
Airports:
total: 64
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 7
with unpaved runways under 914 m: 35
@Turkmenistan:Communications
Telephone system: NA telephones; only 7.5 telephones/100 persons
(1991); poorly developed
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: linked by cable and microwave to other CIS republics
and to other countries by leased connections to the Moscow
international gateway switch; a new telephone link from Ashgabat to
Iran has been established; a new exchange in Ashgabat switches
international traffic through Turkey via INTELSAT; 1 Orbita and 1
INTELSAT earth station
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: NA
televisions: NA
@Turkmenistan:Defense Forces
Branches: National Guard, Republic Security Forces (internal and
border troops), Joint Command Turkmenistan/Russia (Ground, Air, and
Air Defense)