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Communications
Railroads: 789 km 1.067-meter gauge.
Highways: 13,135 km total; 2,364 km paved; 251 km crushed
stone, gravel, or stabilized soil; 10,520 km earth and improved
earth.
Inland waterways: Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi); Shire River, 144 km.
Ports: Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, and Nkotakota--all
on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi).
Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 48 total, 47 usable; 6 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: fair system of open-wire lines, radio
relay links, and radio communication stations; 36,800 telephones;
stations--8 AM, 4 FM, no TV; satellite earth stations--1 Indian
Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT.
Note: a majority of exports would normally go through Mozambique
on the Beira or Nacala railroads, but now most go through
South Africa because of insurgent activity and damage to rail lines.