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<text id=94CT0223><title>Brunei—Communications</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Brunei<nl>Communications</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 13 km 0.610-meter narrow-gauge private line <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 1,090 km <item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> bituminous 370 km (with another 52 km under construction) <item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel or earth 720 km </list> <item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 meters <item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 135 km; petroleum products 418 km; natural gas 920 km <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Kuala Belait, Muara <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 7 liquefied gas carriers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476 GRT/340,635 DWT <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 2 <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 2 <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 1 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runway over 3,659 m:</hi> 1 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runway 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 0 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runway 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 1 </list> <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> service throughout country is adequate for present needs; international service good to adjacent Malaysia; radiobroadcast coverage good; 33,000 telephones (1987); broadcast stations—4 AM/FM, 1 TV; 74,000 radio receivers (1987); satellite earth stations—1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT </list></body></article></text>