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  1.  Communications
  2.  
  3. Railroads: 1,003 km total; 858 km 1.000-meter gauge, 145 km 
  4. 0.600-meter gauge.
  5.  
  6. Highways: about 65,000 km total; includes 2,682 km bituminous, 
  7. 30,000 km unimproved earth, 32,318 km gravel, earth, and 
  8. improved earth.
  9.  
  10. Inland waterways: 2,090 km; of decreasing importance.
  11.  
  12. Ports: Douala.
  13.  
  14. Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 
  15. 24,122 GRT/33,509 DWT.
  16.  
  17. Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft.
  18.  
  19. Airports: 61 total, 54 usable; 10 with permanent-surface 
  20. runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 5 with runways 
  21. 2,440-3,659 m; 22 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
  22.  
  23. Telecommunications: good system of open wire, cable, troposcatter, 
  24. and radio relay; 26,000 telephones; stations--10 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; 
  25. 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations.
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