The CIA World Factbook Edition 1990 Communications
Ports In 36 editions of 36.
Ports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1990 edition carries it in 229 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 1990 edition
- 229
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Ports and terminals” (2006 to 2023), “Ports and harbors” (1997 to 2005) and “Ports” (1990 to 2025).
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World
1 entryWorld
- Mina al Ahmadi (Kuwait),
- Chiba,
- Houston,
- Kawasaki,
- Kobe,
- Marseille,
- New Orleans,
- New York,
- Rotterdam,
- Yokohama
Africa
50 entriesMorocco
- Agadir,
- Casablanca,
- El Jorf Lasfar,
- Kenitra,
- Mohammedia,
- Nador,
- Safi,
- Tangier;
- also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla
St. Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown (St. Helena), Georgetown (Ascension)
Tanzania
Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Tanga, and Zanzibar are ocean ports; Mwanza on Lake Victoria and Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika are inland ports
Antarctic Region
5 entriesArctic Region
4 entriesGreenland
Kangerluarsoruseq (Faeringehavn), Paamiut (Frederikshaab), Nuuk (Godthaab), Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Julianehaab, Maarmorilik, North Star Bay, and at least 10 minor ports
Iceland
- Reykjavik,
- Akureyri,
- Hafnarfjordhur,
- Keflavik,
- Seydhisfjordhur,
- Siglufjordur,
- Vestmannaeyjar;
- numerous minor ports
Asia
11 entriesJapan
- Chiba,
- Muroran,
- Kitakyushu,
- Kobe,
- Tomakomai,
- Nagoya,
- Osaka,
- Tokyo,
- Yokkaichi,
- Yokohama,
- Kawasaki,
- Niigata,
- Fushiki-Toyama,
- Shimizu,
- Himeji,
- Wakayama-Shimozu,
- Shimonoseki,
- Tokuyama-Shimomatsu
Central America and the Caribbean
32 entriesVirgin Islands
- St. Croix--Christiansted, Frederiksted;
- St. Thomas--Long Bay, Crown Bay, Red Hook;
- St. John--Cruz Bay
Europe
33 entriesCzechoslovakia
- maritime outlets are in Poland (Gdynia, Gdansk, Szczecin), Yugoslavia (Rijeka, Koper), FRG (Hamburg), GDR (Rostock);
- principal river ports are Prague on the Vltava, Decin on the Elbe (Labe), Komarno on the Danube, Bratislava on the Danube
France
maritime--Bordeaux, Boulogne, Brest, Cherbourg, Dunkerque, Fos-Sur-Mer, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, Rouen, Sete, Toulon; inland--42
German Democratic Republic
Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Sassnitz; river ports are East Berlin, Riesa, Magdeburg, and Eisenhuttenstadt on the Elbe or Oder Rivers and connecting canals
Germany, Federal Republic of now Germany
maritime--Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Cuxhaven, Emden, Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel, Lubeck, Wilhelmshaven; inland--27 major
Hungary
- Budapest and Dunaujvaros are river ports on the Danube;
- maritime outlets are Rostock (GDR), Gdansk (Poland), Gdynia (Poland), Szczecin (Poland), Galati (Romania), and Braila (Romania)
Italy
- Cagliari (Sardinia),
- Genoa,
- La Spezia,
- Livorno,
- Naples,
- Palermo (Sicily),
- Taranto,
- Trieste,
- Venice
Netherlands
maritime--Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Den Helder, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Ijmuiden, Rotterdam, Scheveningen, Terneuzen, Vlissingen; inland--29 ports
Poland
Gdansk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Swinoujscie; principal inland ports are Gliwice on Kanal Gliwice, Wroclaw on the Oder, and Warsaw on the Vistula
Romania
- Constanta,
- Galati,
- Braila,
- Mangalia;
- inland ports are Giurgiu,
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin,
- Orsova
Soviet Union
- Leningrad, Riga, Tallinn, Kaliningrad, Liepaja, Ventspils, Murmansk, Arkhangel'sk, Odessa, Novorossiysk, Il'ichevsk, Nikolayev, Sevastopol', Vladivostok, Nakhodka;
- inland ports are Astrakhan', Baku, Gor'kiy, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuybyshev, Moscow, Rostov, Volgograd, Kiev
Spain
Algeciras, Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, El Ferrol del Caudillo, Puerto de Gijon, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Mahon, Malaga, Melilla, Rota, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Sagunto, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo, and 175 minor ports
Sweden
- Gavle,
- Goteborg,
- Halmstad,
- Helsingborg,
- Kalmar,
- Malmo,
- Stockholm;
- numerous secondary and minor ports
Middle East
17 entriesIran
- Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war),
- Bandar Beheshti,
- Bandar-e Abbas,
- Bandar-e Bushehr,
- Bandar-e Khomeyni,
- Bandar-e Shahid Rajai,
- Khorramshahr (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war)
Lebanon
- Beirut, Tripoli, Ras Silata, Juniyah, Sidon, Az Zahrani, Tyre, Shikka (none are under the direct control of the Lebanese Government);
- northern ports are occupied by Syrian forces and southern ports are occupied or partially quarantined by Israeli forces;
- illegal ports scattered along the central coast are owned and operated by various Christian, Druze, and Shia militias
United Arab Emirates
- Al Fujayrah,
- Khawr Fakkan,
- Mina Jabal Ali,
- Mina Khalid,
- Mina Rashid,
- Mina Saqr,
- Mina Zayid
Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of now People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
- Aden,
- Al Khalf,
- Nishtun
North America
6 entriesCanada
- Halifax,
- Montreal,
- Quebec,
- Saint John (New Brunswick),
- St. John's (Newfoundland),
- Toronto,
- Vancouver
Mexico
- Acapulco,
- Coatzacoalcos,
- Ensenada,
- Guaymas,
- Manzanillo,
- Mazatlan,
- Progreso,
- Puerto Vallarta,
- Salina Cruz,
- Tampico,
- Veracruz
United States
- Anchorage,
- Baltimore,
- Beaumont,
- Boston,
- Charleston,
- Cleveland,
- Duluth,
- Freeport,
- Galveston,
- Hampton Roads,
- Honolulu,
- Houston,
- Jacksonville,
- Long Beach,
- Los Angeles,
- Milwaukee,
- Mobile,
- New Orleans,
- New York,
- Philadelphia,
- Portland (Oregon),
- Richmond (California),
- San Francisco,
- Savannah,
- Seattle,
- Tampa,
- Wilmington
Oceania
34 entriesAustralia
- Adelaide,
- Brisbane,
- Cairns,
- Darwin,
- Devonport,
- Fremantle,
- Geelong,
- Hobart,
- Launceston,
- Mackay,
- Melbourne,
- Sydney,
- Townsville
Baker Island
none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area along the the middle of the west coast
Howland Island
none; offshore anchorage only, one boat landing area along the middle of the west coast
Jarvis Island
none; offshore anchorage only--one boat landing area in the middle of the west coast and another near the southwest corner of the island
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- Colonia (Yap),
- Truk (Kosrae),
- Okat (Kosrae)
South America
14 entriesBrazil
- Belem,
- Fortaleza,
- Ilheus,
- Manaus,
- Paranagua,
- Porto Alegre,
- Recife,
- Rio de Janeiro,
- Rio Grande,
- Salvador,
- Santos
Southeast Asia
18 entriesMalaysia
- Tanjong,
- Kidurong,
- Kota Kinabalu,
- Kuching,
- Pasir Gudang,
- Penang,
- Port Kelang,
- Sandakan,
- Tawau
Oceans
4 entriesAtlantic Ocean
- Alexandria (Egypt),
- Algiers (Algeria),
- Antwerp (Belgium),
- Barcelona (Spain),
- Buenos Aires (Argentina),
- Casablanca (Morocco),
- Colon (Panama),
- Copenhagen (Denmark),
- Dakar (Senegal),
- Gdansk (Poland),
- Hamburg (FRG),
- Helsinki (Finland),
- Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain),
- Le Havre (France),
- Leningrad (USSR),
- Lisbon (Portugal),
- London (UK),
- Marseille (France),
- Montevideo (Uruguay),
- Montreal (Canada),
- Naples (Italy),
- New Orleans (US),
- New York (US),
- Oran (Algeria),
- Oslo (Norway),
- Piraeus (Greece),
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),
- Rotterdam (Netherlands),
- Stockholm (Sweden)
Indian Ocean
- Bombay (India),
- Calcutta (India),
- Madras (India),
- Colombo (Sri Lanka),
- Durban (South Africa),
- Fremantle (Australia),
- Jakarta (Indonesia),
- Melbourne (Australia),
- Richard's Bay (South Africa)
Pacific Ocean
- Bangkok (Thailand),
- Hong Kong,
- Los Angeles (US),
- Manila (Philippines),
- Pusan (South Korea),
- San Francisco (US),
- Seattle (US),
- Shanghai (China),
- Singapore,
- Sydney (Australia),
- Vladivostok (USSR),
- Wellington (NZ),
- Yokohama (Japan)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1990, “Ports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/ports/1990.