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Communications
Railroads: 8,613 km total; 4,257 km 1.676-meter gauge, 135 km
1.435-meter standard gauge, 4,221 km 1.000-meter gauge;
electrification, 1,578 km 1.676-meter gauge, 76 km 1.000-meter
gauge.
Highways: 79,025 km total; 9,913 km paved, 33,140 km gravel,
35,972 km improved and unimproved earth (1984).
Inland waterways: 725 km.
Pipelines: crude oil, 755 km; refined products, 785 km;
natural gas, 320 km.
Ports: Antofagasta, Iquique, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas,
Valparaiso, San Antonio, Talcahuano, Arica.
Merchant marine: 35 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 498,354
GRT/804,809 DWT; includes 13 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo,
3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and lubricants
(POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 3 combination
ore/oil, 10 bulk; note--in addition, 1 naval tanker and
1 military transport are sometimes used commercially.
Civil air: 22 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 392 total, 352 usable; 49 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 11 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 57 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: modern telephone system based on extensive
radio relay facilities; 768,000 telephones; stations--159
AM, no FM, 131 TV, 11 shortwave; satellite stations--2 Atlantic
Ocean INTELSAT and 3 domestic.