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Communications
Highways: 39 km of paved macadam and concrete roads on major
islands, otherwise 187 km stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced
roads.
Ports: Colonia (Yap), Truk (Kosrae), Okat (Kosrae).
Airports: 11 total, 10 usable; 7 with permanent-surface
runways; 6 with runways 1,220-2,439.
Telecommunications: 16,000 radio receivers, 1,125 TV sets
(est. 1987); telephone network--960 telephone lines at both
Kolonia and Truk; islands interconnected by shortwave radio
(used mostly for government purposes); stations--5 AM, 1 FM,
6 TV, 1 shortwave; 4 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth stations.