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<text id=94CT0355><title>Costa Rica—Communications</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Costa Rica<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 950 km total, all 1.067-meter gauge; 260 km electrified
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 35,536 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 5,600 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel and earth 29,936 km (1991)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> about 730 km, seasonally navigable
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> petroleum products 176 km
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Puerto Limon, Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puntarenas
<item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,878 GRT/4,506 DWT
<item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 184
<item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 165
<item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 27
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 0
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 2
<item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 9
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> very good domestic telephone service; 292,000 telephones; connection into Central American Microwave System; broadcast stations—71 AM, no FM, 18 TV, 13 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
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