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Communications
Railroads: 3,991 km total, all government owned; 3,878 km
1.000-meter gauge, 113 km narrow-gauge industrial lines;
362 km double track.
Highways: 27,000 km total; 3,200 km bituminous, 17,700 km
improved earth or gravel, 6,100 km unimproved earth.
Inland waterways: 12,800 km; 3,200 km navigable by large
commercial vessels.
Pipelines: crude, 1,343 km; natural gas, 330 km.
Ports: Rangoon, Moulmein, Bassein.
Merchant marine: 45 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 595,814
GRT/955,924 DWT; includes 3 passenger-cargo, 15 cargo,
2 roll-on/roll-off, 1 vehicle carrier, 1 container, 2 petroleum,
oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 5 chemical, 16 bulk.
Civil air: 17 major transport aircraft (including 3 helicopters).
Airports: 88 total, 81 usable; 29 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 37 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: meets minimum requirements for local
and intercity service; international service is good; radiobroadcast
coverage is limited to the most populous areas; 53,000 telephones
(1986); stations--2 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV (1985); 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT
earth station.