Puerto Rico--Communications

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Puerto Rico Communications

Railroads: 96 km rural narrow-gauge system for hauling sugarcane; no passenger railroads

Highways: 13,762 km paved (1982)

Ports: San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez, Arecibo

Airports: total: 30 usable: 23 with permanent-surface runways: 19 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 5

Telecommunications: modern system, integrated with that of the US by high capacity submarine cable and INTELSAT with high-speed data capability; digital telephone system with about 1 million lines; cellular telephone service; broadcast stations - 50 AM, 63 FM, 9 TV; cable television available with US programs (1990)