<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Bulgaria<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 4,300 km total, all government owned (1987); 4,055 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 245 km narrow gauge; 917 km double track; 2,640 km electrified
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 36,930 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 33,902 km (including 276 km expressways)
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> earth 3,028 km (1991)
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<item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 470 km (1987)
<item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 193 km; petroleum products 525 km; natural gas 1,400 km (1992)
<item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> coastal—Burgas, Varna, Varna West; inland—Ruse, Vidin, and Lom on the Danube
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> a C-130 can land on a 1,060-m airstrip
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<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> extensive but antiquated transmission system of coaxial cable and microwave radio relay; 2.6 million telephones; direct dialing to 36 countries; phone density is 29 phones per 100 persons (1992); almost two-thirds of the lines are residential; 67% of Sofia households have phones (November 1988); telephone service is available in most villages; broadcast stations—20 AM, 15 FM, and 29 TV, with 1 Soviet TV repeater in Sofia; 2.1 million TV sets (1990); 92% of country receives No. 1 television program (May 1990); 1 satellite ground station using Intersputnik; INTELSAT is used through a Greek earth station