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<text id=93CT1437>
<title>
Taiwan--Communications
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Taiwan
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: about 4,600 km total track with 1,075 km common
carrier lines and 3,525 km industrial lines; common carrier
lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km West Line and the
367 km East Line; a 98.25 km South Link Line connection was
completed in late 1991; common carrier lines owned by the
government and operated by the Railway Administration under
Ministry of Communications; industrial lines owned and operated
by government enterprises
</p>
<p>Highways: 20,041 km total; 17,095 km bituminous or concrete
pavement, 2,371 km crushed stone or gravel, 575 km graded earth
</p>
<p>Pipelines: petroleum products 615 km, natural gas 97 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Kao-hsiung, Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Su-ao,
T'ai-tung
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 223 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
6,761,609 GRT/9,375,677 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 43
cargo, 11 refrigerated cargo, 85 container, 19 oil tanker, 2
combination ore/oil, 1 specialized tanker, 57 bulk, 1
roll-on/roll-off, 2 combination bulk, 1 chemical tanker
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 40</l>
<l> usable: 38</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 36</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 3</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 16</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 7</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: best developed system in Asia outside of
Japan; 7,800,000 telephones; extensive microwave radio relay
links on east and west coasts; broadcast stations - 91 AM, 23
FM, 15 TV (13 repeaters); 8,620,000 radios; 6,386,000 TVs
(5,680,000 color, 706,000 monochrome); satellite earth stations -
1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT; submarine
cable links to Japan (Okinawa), the Philippines, Guam,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, Middle East, and
Western Europe
</p></body></article></text>