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  2. <title>
  3. Puerto Rico--Communications
  4. </title>
  5. <article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Puerto Rico
  6. Communications</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Railroads: 96 km rural narrow-gauge system for hauling
  8. sugarcane; no passenger railroads
  9. </p>
  10. <p>Highways: 13,762 km paved (1982)
  11. </p>
  12. <p>Ports: San Juan, Ponce, Mayaguez, Arecibo
  13. </p>
  14. <list>
  15. <l>Airports:</l>
  16. <l>  total: 30</l>
  17. <l>  usable: 23</l>
  18. <l>  with permanent-surface runways: 19</l>
  19. <l>  with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
  20. <l>  with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 3</l>
  21. <l>  with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 5</l>
  22. </list>
  23. <p>Telecommunications: modern system, integrated with that of the
  24. US by high capacity submarine cable and INTELSAT with high-speed
  25. data capability; digital telephone system with about 1 million
  26. lines; cellular telephone service; broadcast stations - 50 AM,
  27. 63 FM, 9 TV; cable television available with US programs (1990)
  28. </p></body></article></text>
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