CIA Factbook The World Factbook 1994: RwandaCommunications Highways: • total: 4,885 km • paved: 460 km • unpaved: gravel, improved earth 1,725 km; unimproved earth 2,700 km Inland waterways: Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft Airports: • total: 8 • usable: 7 • with permanent-surface runways: 3 • with runways over 3,659 m: 0 • with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 1 • with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 2 Telecommunications: telephone system does not provide service to the general public but is intended for business and government use; the capital, Kigali, is connected to the centers of the prefectures by microwave radio relay; the remainder of the network depends on wire and high frequency radio; international connections employ microwave radio relay to neighboring countries and satellite communications to more distant countries; satellite earth stations—1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 SYMPHONIE station in Kigali (includes telex and telefax service); broadcast stations—1 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV