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- <text id=94CT1134><title>Peru—Communications</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Peru<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 1,801 km total; 1,501 km 1.435-meter gauge, 300 km 0.914-meter gauge
- <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 69,942 km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 7,459 km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> improved earth 13,538 km; unimproved earth 48,945 km
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- <item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km Lago Titicaca
- <item><hi format=bold>Pipelines:</hi> crude oil 800 km; natural gas and natural gas liquids 64 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Callao, Ilo, Iquitos, Matarani, Talara
- <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 142,425 GRT/229,746 DWT, bulk 3, cargo 10, oil tanker 2, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> in addition, 6 naval tankers and 1 naval cargo are sometimes used commercially
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- <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 252
- <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 222
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 37
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 2
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 24
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 54
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- <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> fairly adequate for most requirements; nationwide microwave system; 544,000 telephones; broadcast stations—273 AM, no FM, 140 TV, 144 shortwave; satellite earth stations—2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 12 domestic
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