15-42      Postal and Telecommunication Services Facilities (Year-end)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

Number of

Length of

 

 

Rural Delivery

Region

Post and

Post Boxes

Postal

Highway

Railway

Routes

 

Telecommunication

 

Routes

Routes

Routes

(km)

 

 Offices

 

(km)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1978

49623

               

4863282

572204

150249

 

1979

49647

156398

4812271

574732

148876

 

1980

49471

159009

4737124

582058

150819

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1981

49570

159153

4660172

599428

151956

 

1982

49727

161431

1306340

612893

155951

3369931

1983

50162

164614

1308472

624558

164774

3412421

1984

51463

169269

1336324

638406

170513

3494266

1985

53107

174678

1416303

663016

182178

3565758

                      

              

               

            

            

            

                

1986

52777

176843

1535898

703542

201919

3506131

1987

52882

179213

1535690

695384

199883

3497911

1988

52881

180085

1557762

681409

199095

3443058

1989

53092

178289

1526073

675352

196178

3389374

1990

53629

181877

1618200

676747

191313

3364861

                      

              

               

            

            

            

                

1991

54006

181939

1603344

685759

185872

3371424

1992

54891

183289

1646931

712367

189359

3374556

1993

57005

187966

1760506

727380

189704

3377769

1994

60447

193902

1781787

757931

187871

3364730

1995

61898

203011

1886082

819412

183036

3345848

                      

              

               

            

            

            

                

1996

72496

217235

2118940

917151

183884

3358051

1997

79273

231337

2363108

873688

186382

3402946

1998

102225

234716

2853942

930622

189652

3361484

1999

66649

232674

2979007

989122

190056

3348054

2000

70968

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) Length of postal routes before 1982 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.