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<text id=93CT1108>
<title>
Papua New Guinea--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Papua New Guinea
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: none
</p>
<p>Highways: 19,200 km total; 640 km paved, 10,960 km gravel,
crushed stone, or stabilized-soil surface, 7,600 km unimproved
earth
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 10,940 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Anewa Bay, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,523
GRT/24,774 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 5
combination ore/oil, 2 bulk, 1 container
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 504</l>
<l> usable: 457</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 18</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 1</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 39</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: services are adequate and being improved;
facilities provide radiobroadcast, radiotelephone and telegraph,
coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and international
radiocommunication services; submarine cables extend to
Australia and Guam; more than 70,000 telephones (1987); broadcast
stations - 31 AM, 2 FM, 2 TV (1987); 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT
earth station
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