CIA Factbook The World Factbook 1994: Central African RepublicCommunications Highways: • total: 22,000 km • paved: bituminous 458 km • unpaved: improved earth 10,542 km; unimproved earth 11,000 km Inland waterways: 800 km; traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river Airports: • total: 65 • usable: 51 • with permanent-surface runways: 3 • with runways over 3,659 m: 0 • with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 2 • with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 20 Telecommunications: fair system; network relies primarily on radio relay links, with low-capacity, low-powered radiocommunication also used; broadcast stations—1 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station