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<text id=94CT0909><title>Marshall Islands—Communications</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Marshall Islands<nl>Communications</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> NA <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> paved roads on major islands (Majuro, Kwajalein), otherwise stone-, coral-, or laterite-surfaced roads and tracks </list> <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Majuro <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 40 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,255,348 GRT/4,351,997 DWT, bulk carrier 23, cargo 2, combination ore/oil 1, container 1, oil tanker 13 <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> a flag of convenience registry </list> <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 16 <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 16 <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 4 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 0 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 0 <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 8 </list> <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> telephone network—570 lines (Majuro) and 186 (Ebeye); telex services; islands interconnected by shortwave radio (used mostly for government purposes); broadcast stations—1 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV, 1 shortwave; 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT earth stations; US Government satellite communications system on Kwajalein </list></body></article></text>