petroleum products 1,429 km, natural gas 904 km Ports: Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Mina' al Fahl Merchant marine: 80 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,394,175 GRT/4,262,868 DWT; includes 15 bulk, 7 container Airports: total: 499 usable: 492 with permanent-surface runways: 1 with permanent-surface runways: 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 50 Telecommunications: excellent system including 60-channel submarine cable, microwave radio, and satellite networks; major coaxial submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 oil tanker Airports: total: 330 usable: 330 with permanent-surface runways: 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 8 Telecommunications: poorly developed and affluent economy is essentially attributable to the Supreme Soviet Chairman Shavkat Muhitdinovitch YULDASHEV (since NA 1987) Head of Government: Prime Minister
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