By the early
1990s the Kingdom possessed a network of nearly 80,000 miles
of roads including an extensive expressway system.
Saudi Arabia has the only rail system on
the Arabian Peninsula. It carries about half a million
passengers and one and a half million tons of good
annually.
Saudia, the national airline, is the
largest airline in the Middle East with international
flights serving destinations all over the world and a
domestic network covering the country. Through three
international and 22 domestic airports in Saudi Arabia, a
total of more than 20 million passengers travel on Saudia
annually. There are modern seaports and oil terminals on the
Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf.
Saudi Arabia's communication system is
one of the world's most modern. By 1992, there were more
than 1.64 million telephone lines, and by the year 2000 this
number will increase to nearly 3 million.
International direct dial phone service
is available throughout the country. The country code for
Saudi Arabia is 966, and the major area codes are:
- Riyadh-1
- Jeddah-2
- Makkah-2
- Taif-2
- Dammam-3
- Dhahran-3
- Madinah-4
- Tabuk-4
- Yanbu-4
Newspapers, magazines and radio and
television programs are available in Arabic and
English.
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