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  1.  Communications
  2.  
  3. Railroads: 642 km 1.000-meter gauge; linked to Senegal's 
  4. rail system through Kayes.
  5.  
  6. Highways: about 15,700 km total; 1,670 km bituminous, 3,670 km 
  7. gravel and improved earth, 10,360 km unimproved earth.
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  9. Inland waterways: 1,815 km navigable.
  10.  
  11. Civil air: no major transport aircraft.
  12.  
  13. Airports: 37 total, 29 usable; 8 with permanent-surface 
  14. runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 7 with runways 
  15. 2,440-3,659 m; 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
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  17. Telecommunications: domestic system poor but improving; 
  18. provides only minimal service with radio relay, wire, and 
  19. radio communications stations; expansion of radio relay 
  20. in progress; 11,000 telephones; stations--2 AM, 2 FM, 2 
  21. TV; satellite earth stations--1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT 
  22. and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT.
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