The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

IQD

      Exchange rates:

       Iraqi dinars per US dollar - 0.31 (2002), 0.31 (2001), 0.31 (2000),

       0.31 (1999), 0.31 (1998), note: fixed official rate since 1982;

       market rate subject to wide fluctuations

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Iraq

      Telephones - main lines in use: 675,000 (1997); note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April war

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       NA; service available in northern Iraq (2001)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: an unknown number of telecommunication

       facilities were damaged during the March-April 2003 war

       domestic: the network consists of coaxial cables and microwave radio

       relay links

       international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic

       Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region),

       and 1 Arabsat (inoperative); coaxial cable and microwave radio relay

       to Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, and Turkey; Kuwait line is probably

       nonoperational

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 19 (5 are inactive), FM 51, shortwave 4 (1998)

      Radios:

       4.85 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       13 (1997); note - unknown number were destroyed during the

       March-April 2003 war

      Televisions:

       1.75 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .iq

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       1 (2000)

      Internet users:

       12,500 (2001)

      Transportation Iraq

      Railways: total: 1,963 km standard gauge: 1,963 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)

      Highways: total: 45,550 km paved: 38,399 km unpaved: 7,151 km (2000 est.)

      Waterways:

       1,015 km

       note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for

       about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris

       and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft

       boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft

       before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war

      Pipelines:

       gas 1,739 km; oil 5,418 km; refined products 1,343 km (2003)

      Ports and harbors:

       Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited functionality

      Merchant marine:

       total: 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 119,433 GRT/170,221 DWT

       ships by type: cargo 9, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum

       tanker 6, roll on/roll off 1 (2002 est.)

      Airports:

       150 (2002); note - unknown number were damaged during the

       March-April 2003 war