Communications (Mexico)
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     Railroads:
         24,500 km total; breakdown NA
     Highways:
         212,000 km total; 65,000 km paved, 30,000 km semipaved or cobblestone,
         62,000 km rural roads (improved earth) or roads under construction, 55,000
         km unimproved earth roads
     Inland waterways:
         2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal canals
     Pipelines:
         crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km; natural gas 13,254 km;
         petrochemical 1,400 km
     Ports:
         Acapulco, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso,
         Puerto Vallarta, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Veracruz
     Merchant marine:
         58 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 875,239 GRT/1,301,355 DWT; includes 4
         short-sea passenger, 3 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off, 30
         petroleum tanker, 4 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 1 bulk, 1 combination
         bulk, 4 container
     Civil air:
         186 major transport aircraft
     Airports:
         1,815 total, 1,505 usable; 200 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with
         runways over 3,659 m; 33 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 284 with runways
         1,220-2,439 m
     Telecommunications:
         highly developed system with extensive radio relay links; privatized in
         December 1990; connected into Central America Microwave System; 6,410,000
         telephones; broadcast stations - 679 AM, no FM, 238 TV, 22 shortwave; 120
         domestic satellite terminals; earth stations - 4 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and
         1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT