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- <text id=94CT0156><title>Belize—Communications</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Belize<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 2,710 km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 500 km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel 1,600 km; improved earth 300 km; unimproved earth 310 km
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- <item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 825 km river network used by shallow-draft craft; seasonally navigable
- <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Belize City; additional ports for shallow draught craft include Corozol, Punta Gorda, Big Creek
- <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 25 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 53,509 GRT/80,345 DWT, bulk 6, cargo 11, container 2, oil tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3
- <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 47
- <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 38
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 3
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 0
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 1
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,229-2,439 m:</hi> 3
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- <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> 8,650 telephones; above-average system based on microwave radio relay; broadcast stations—6 AM, 5 FM, 1 TV, 1 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
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