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Communications
Railroads: 166 km total; 86 km 1.000-meter gauge, government
owned, and 80 km 1.435-meter standard gauge; all single track.
Highways: 8,300 km total; 500 km paved; 5,400 km bauxite
gravel, crushed stone, or improved earth; 2,400 km sand or clay.
Inland waterways: 1,200 km; most important means of transport;
oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging from 4.2 m to 7 m can
navigate many of the principal waterways.
Ports: Paramaribo, Moengo.
Merchant marine: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,472
GRT/8,914 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 container.
Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 47 total, 43 usable; 6 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 1 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: international facilities good; domestic
radio relay system; 27,500 telephones; stations--5 AM, 14 FM,
6 TV, 1 shortwave; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations.