Yemen has international airports in Sana 'a, Aden , Ta'izz, and Al Hudaydah, and a good domestic air system. The ports at Aden and Al Hudaydah provide access to major sea routes. There is no railroad, but an extensive network of paved roads is rapidly replacing dirt tracks, a process that began in the 1960s. Trucks and cars are now widely available for land transportation, although many Yemenis still use donkeys and camels. Much attention has also been given to providing Yemenis with utilities, including electricity, water, and sewage disposal, and making telephone service, radio, and television more widely available. In the early 1990s Yemen had about five radio stations and ten television stations. Broadcasting is controlled by the government. Yemen 's largest daily newspapers are Al-Thawra, in Sana 'a, and 14 October , in Aden .
Brief Summary:
Highways:
total: 67,000 km
paved: 7,705 km
unpaved: 59,295 km (1999 est.)Pipelines: Gas 88 km
Oil 1,174 km (2003)
Ports and harbors: Aden , Al Hudaydah, Al Mukalla, As Salif, Ras Issa, Mocha, Nishtun
Airports: 44 (2002)
International airports : Sana 'a, Aden , Ta'izz, and Al Hudaydah
Telephones - main lines in use: 291,359 (1999)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 32,042 (2000)
Telephone system:
General assessment: since unification in 1990, efforts have been made to create a national telecommunications network .
Domestic: the national network consists of microwave radio relay, cable, tropospheric scatter, and GSM cellular mobile telephone systems
International: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (2 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Arabsat; microwave radio relay to Saudi Arabia and Djibouti .
Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 2 (1998)
Television broadcast stations: 7 (plus several low-power repeaters) (1997)
Internet country code: .ye
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
Internet users: 17,000 (2002)
