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Communications
Railroads: 14,925 km total; Cuban National Railways operates
5,295 km of 1.435-meter gauge track; 199 km electrified;
9,630 km of sugar plantation lines of 0.914-1.435-meter gauge.
Highways: about 21,000 km total; 9,000 km paved, 12,000 km
gravel and earth surfaced.
Inland waterways: 240 km.
Ports: Cienfuegos, Havana, Mariel, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba;
7 secondary, 35 minor.
Merchant marine: 91 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 701,418
GRT/1,014,014 DWT; includes 62 cargo, 7 refrigerated cargo,
3 cargo/training, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL)
tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 6 bulk; note--Cuba
beneficially owns an additional 34 ships (1,000 GRT and
over) totaling 475,864 DWT under the registry of Panama,
Cyprus, and Malta.
Civil air: 59 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 197 total, 168 usable; 72 with permanent-surface
runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 14 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: stations--150 AM, 5 FM, 58 TV; 1,530,000 TV sets;
2,140,000 radio receivers; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station.