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<text>
<title>
Colombia: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Colombia
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 3,386 km; 3,236 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track
(2,611 km in use), 150 km 1.435-meter gauge
</p>
<p>Highways: 75,450 km total; 9,350 km paved, 66,100 km earth and
gravel surfaces
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 14,300 km, navigable by river boats
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 3,585 km; petroleum products 1,350 km;
natural gas 830 km; natural gas liquids 125 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena, Covenas, San
Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 27 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 227,719
GRT/356,665 DWT; includes 9 cargo, 3 oil tanker, 8 bulk, 7
container
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 1,233</l>
<l> usable: 1,059</l>
<l> with permanent-surface: 69</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 1</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-2,459 m: 9</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 200</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: nationwide radio relay system; 1,890,000
telephones; broadcast stations - 413 AM, no FM, 33 TV, 28
shortwave; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations and 11
domestic satellite earth stations
</p></body></article></text>