The CIA World Factbook Edition 1991 Communications
Ports In 36 editions of 36.
Ports was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1991 edition carries it in 227 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 1991 edition
- 227
- 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
Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
Jamestown (Saint 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 entriesAsia
11 entriesChina
- Dalian,
- Guangzhou,
- Huangpu,
- Qingdao,
- Qinhuangdao,
- Shanghai,
- Xingang,
- Zhanjiang,
- Ningbo,
- Xiamen,
- Tanggu,
- Shantou
Japan
- 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 entriesBelize
- Belize City;
- additional ports for shallow draught craft include Corozol,
- Punta Gorda,
- Big Creek
Virgin Islands
- Saint Croix--Christiansted, Frederiksted;
- Saint Thomas--Long Bay, Crown Bay, Red Hook;
- Saint John--Cruz Bay
Europe
32 entriesCzechoslovakia
- maritime outlets are in Poland (Gdynia, Gdansk, Szczecin), Yugoslavia (Rijeka, Koper), Germany (Hamburg, 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
Germany
maritime--Bremerhaven, Brunsbuttel, Cuxhaven, Emden, Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel, Lubeck, Wilhelmshaven, Rostock, Wismar, Stralsund, Sassnitz; inland--31 major
Hungary
- Budapest and Dunaujvaros are river ports on the Danube;
- maritime outlets are Rostock (Germany), 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
- St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), Riga, Tallinn, Kaliningrad, Liepaja, Ventspils, Murmansk, Arkhangel'sk, Odessa, Novorossiysk, Il'ichevsk, Nikolayev, Sevastopol', Vladivostok, Nakhodka;
- inland ports are Astrakhan', Baku, Nizhniy Novgorod (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
16 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;
- northern ports are occupied by Syrian forces and southern ports are occupied or partially quarantined by Israeli forces
United Arab Emirates
- Al Fujayrah,
- Khawr Fakkan,
- Mina Jabal Ali,
- Mina Khalid,
- Mina Rashid,
- Mina Saqr,
- Mina Zayid
North America
6 entriesCanada
- Halifax,
- Montreal,
- Quebec,
- Saint John (New Brunswick),
- Saint 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 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
Paracel Islands
small Chinese port facilities on Woody Island and Duncan Island currently under expansion
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 (Germany),
- Helsinki (Finland),
- Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain),
- Le Havre (France),
- Saint Petersburg (formerly 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 1991, “Ports”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/ports/1991.