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<text id=93CT1305>
<title>
Suriname--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Suriname
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 166 km total; 86 km 1.000-meter gauge, government
owned, and 80 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; all single track
</p>
<p>Highways: 8,300 km total; 500 km paved; 5,400 km bauxite
gravel, crushed stone, or improved earth; 2,400 km sand or clay
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 1,200 km; most important means of transport;
oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate
many of the principal waterways
</p>
<p>Ports: Paramaribo, Moengo, Nicuw Nickerie
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,472
GRT/8,914 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 container
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 46</l>
<l> usable: 39</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 6</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: 3</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: international facilities good; domestic
microwave system; 27,500 telephones; broadcast stations - 5 AM,
14 FM, 6 TV, 1 shortwave; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth
stations
</p></body></article></text>