<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Bolivia<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 3,684 km total, all narrow gauge; 3,652 km 1.000-meter gauge and 32 km 0.760-meter gauge, all government owned, single track
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 42,815 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 1,865 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel 12,000 km; improved/unimproved earth 28,950 km
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 10,000 km of commercially navigable waterways
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 1,800 km; petroleum products 580 km; natural gas 1,495 km
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> none; maritime outlets are Arica and Antofagasta in Chile, Matarani and Ilo in Peru
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> very poor telephone service for the general population; 144,300 telephones—18.7 telephones per 1,000 persons; microwave radio relay system being expanded; improved international services; broadcast stations—129 AM, no FM, 43 TV, 68 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station