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<text id=94CT0324><title>Colombia—Communications</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Colombia<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 3,386 km; 3,236 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track (2,611 km in use), 150 km 1.435-meter gauge
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 128,717 km (1989)
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 10,330 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel/earth 118,387 km
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 14,300 km, navigable by river boats
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 3,585 km; petroleum products 1,350 km; natural gas 830 km; natural gas liquids 125 km
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Covenas, San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco
<item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 27 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 211,777 GRT/335,763 DWT, bulk 7, cargo 11, container 6, oil tanker 3
<item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 1,369
<item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 1,156
<item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 73
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 1
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-2,659 m:</hi> 9
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 205
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> nationwide radio relay system; 1,890,000 telephones; broadcast stations—413 AM, no FM, 33 TV, 28 shortwave; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations and 11 domestic satellite earth stations
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