Communications (Spain)
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     Railroads:
         15,430 km total; Spanish National Railways (RENFE) operates 12,691 km
         1.668-meter gauge, 6,184 km electrified, and 2,295 km double track; FEVE
         (government-owned narrow-gauge railways) operates 1,821 km of predominantly
         1.000-meter gauge and 441 km electrified; privately owned railways operate
         918 km of predominantly 1.000-meter gauge, 512 km electrified, and 56 km
         double track
     Highways:
         150,839 km total; 82,513 km national (includes 2,433 km limited-access
         divided highway, 63,042 km bituminous treated, 17,038 km intermediate
         bituminous, concrete, or stone block) and 68,326 km provincial or local
         roads (bituminous treated, intermediate bituminous, or stone block)
     Inland waterways:
         1,045 km, but of minor economic importance
     Pipelines:
         crude oil 265 km, petroleum products 1,794 km, natural gas 1,666 km
     Ports:
         Algeciras, Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz, Cartagena, Castellon
         de la Plana, Ceuta, El Ferrol del Caudillo, Puerto de Gijon, Huelva, La
         Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands), Mahon, Malaga, Melilla, Rota, Santa
         Cruz de Tenerife, Sagunto, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo, and 175 minor ports
     Merchant marine:
         278 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,915,409 GRT/5,228,378 DWT; includes
         2 passenger, 9 short-sea passenger, 86 cargo, 13 refrigerated cargo, 15
         container, 32 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 vehicle carrier, 48 petroleum
         tanker, 14 chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 3 specialized tanker, 45 bulk
     Civil air:
         210 major transport aircraft
     Airports:
         105 total, 99 usable; 60 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways over
         3,659 m; 22 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 25 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
     Telecommunications:
         generally adequate, modern facilities; 15,350,464 telephones; broadcast
         stations - 190 AM, 406 (134 repeaters) FM, 100 (1,297 repeaters) TV; 22
         coaxial submarine cables; 2 communications satellite earth stations
         operating in INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean); MARECS, INMARSAT,
         and EUTELSAT systems; tropospheric links