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<text id=94CT0582><title>Guatemala—Communications</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Guatemala<nl>Communications</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 1,019 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; 917 km government owned, 102 km privately owned <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 26,429 km <item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 2,868 km <item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel 11,421 km; unimproved earth 12,140 km </list> <item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season <item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 275 km <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomas de Castilla <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,129 GRT/6,450 DWT <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 523 <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 465 <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 11 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 0 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 3 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 20 </list> <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> fairly modern network centered in the city of Guatemala; 97,670 telephones; broadcast stations—91 AM, no FM, 25 TV, 15 shortwave; connection into Central American Microwave System; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station </list></body></article></text>