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Communications
Railroads: 84 km 1.067-meter narrow-gauge mineral line is
used on a limited basis because the mine at Marampa is closed.
Highways: 7,400 km total; 1,150 km bituminous, 490 km laterite
(some gravel), remainder improved earth.
Inland waterways: 800 km; 600 km navigable year round.
Ports: Freetown, Pepel.
Civil air: no major transport aircraft.
Airports: 12 total, 8 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways;
none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: marginal telephone and telegraph service;
national microwave radio relay system unserviceable at present;
23,650 telephones; stations--1 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; 1 Atlantic
Ocean INTELSAT earth station.