7. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
7.13  NUMBER OF REGISTERED NEWSPAPERS
BY DEVELOPMENT REGIONS
2004/05
Development Region	Daily	Half weekly	Weekly	Fort-nightly	Monthly	Two Monthly	Three monthly	Quaterly	Half Yearly	Yearly	Total
Eastern Dev. Region	53	3	181	36	44	12	16	1	2	0	348
Central Dev. Region	161	6	959	214	1087	228	341	23	52	62	3133
western Dev. Region	31	2	105	24	42	12	18	0	1	4	239
Mid-western Dev. Region	8	3	57	1	9	2	13	0	1	1	95
Far-western Dev. Region	8	1	45	0	4	6	1	0	0	1	66
Total	261	15	1347	275	1186	260	389	24	56	68	3881
Source:  Department of   Information.