<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Laos<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> none
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 27,527 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> bituminous 1,856 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, crushed stone, improved earth 7,451 km; unimproved earth 18,220 km (often impassable during rainy season mid-May to mid-September)
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> about 4,587 km, primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional kilometers are sectionally navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> petroleum products 136 km
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> service to general public practically non-existant; radio communications network provides generally erratic service to government users; 7,390 telephones (1986); broadcast stations—10 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 1 satellite earth station