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<text id=93CT1102>
<title>
Panama--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Panama
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 238 km total; 78 km 1.524-meter gauge, 160 km
0.914-meter gauge
</p>
<p>Highways: 8,530 km total; 2,745 km paved, 3,270 km gravel or
crushed stone, 2,515 km improved and unimproved earth
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels;
82 km Panama Canal
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 130 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Cristobal, Balboa, Bahia Las Minas
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 3,244 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
51,353,963 GRT/82,138,537 DWT; includes 22 passenger, 26
short-sea passenger, 3 passenger-cargo, 1,091 cargo, 246
refrigerated cargo, 196 container, 63 roll-on/roll-off cargo,
121 vehicle carrier, 9 livestock carrier, 5 multifunction
large-load carrier, 403 oil tanker, 180 chemical tanker, 26
combination ore/oil, 121 liquefied gas, 9 specialized tanker,
688 bulk, 34 combination bulk, 1 barge carrier; note - all but 5
are foreign owned and operated; the top 4 foreign owners are
Japan 36%, Greece 8%, Hong Kong 8%, and Taiwan 5%; (China owns at
least 131 ships, Vietnam 3, Croatia 3, Cuba 4, Cyprus 6, and
Russia 16)
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 112</l>
<l> usable: 104</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 39</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 2</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 15</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: domestic and international facilities well
developed; connection into Central American Microwave System;
220,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 91 AM, no FM, 23 TV; 1
coaxial submarine cable; satellite ground stations - 2 Atlantic
Ocean INTELSAT
</p></body></article></text>