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<text id=93CT1275>
<title>
South Africa--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: South Africa
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 20,638 km route distance total; 20,324 km of
1.067-meter gauge trackage (counts double and multiple tracking
as single track); 314 km of 610 mm gauge; substantial
electrification of 1.067 meter gauge
</p>
<p>Highways: 188,309 km total; 54,013 km paved, 134,296 km
crushed stone, gravel, or improved earth
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 931 km, petroleum products 1,748 km,
natural gas 322 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Richard's Bay,
Saldanha, Mosselbaai, Walvis Bay
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 5 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 213,708
GRT/201,043 DWT; includes 4 container, 1 vehicle carrier
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 899</l>
<l> usable: 713</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 136</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 5</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 10</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 221</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: the system is the best developed, most
modern, and has the highest capacity in Africa; it consists of
carrier-equipped open-wire lines, coaxial cables, radio relay
links, fiber optic cable, and radiocommunication stations; key
centers are Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port
Elizabeth, and Pretoria; over 4,500,000 telephones; broadcast
stations - 14 AM, 286 FM, 67 TV; 1 submarine cable; satellite
earth stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 2 Atlantic Ocean
INTELSAT
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