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<text id=94CT0697><title>Cote d'Ivoire—Communications</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Cote d'Ivoire<nl>Communications</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 660 km (Burkina border to Abidjan, 1.00-meter gauge, single track, except 25 km Abidjan-Anyama section is double track) <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 46,600 km <item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 3,600 km <item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, crushed stone, improved earth 32,000 km; unimproved earth 11,000 km </list> <item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 980 km navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Abidjan, San-Pedro <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 92,828 GRT/ 134,606 DWT, bulk 1, chemical tanker 1, container 2, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3 <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 41 <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 37 <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 7 <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> 15 </list> <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> well-developed by African standards but operating well below capacity; consists of open-wire lines and radio relay microwave links; 87,700 telephones; broadcast stations—3 AM, 17 FM, 13 TV, 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station; 2 coaxial submarine cables </list></body></article></text>