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- <text id=94CT1250><title>Senegal—Communications</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Senegal<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 1,034 km 1.000-meter gauge; all single track except 70 km double track Dakar to Thies
- <item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 14,007 km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 3,777 km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> crushed stone, improved earth 10,230 km
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- <item><hi format=bold>Inland waterways:</hi> 897 km total; 785 km on the Senegal, 112 km on the Saloum
- <item><hi format=bold>Ports:</hi> Dakar, Kaolack, Foundiougne, Ziguinchor
- <item><hi format=bold>Merchant marine:</hi> 1 bulk ship (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 1,995 GRT/3,775 DWT
- <item><hi format=bold>Airports:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 26
- <item>• <hi format=ital>usable:</hi> 20
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with permanent-surface runways:</hi> 10
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways over 3,659 m:</hi> 0
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 2,440-3,659 m:</hi> 1
- <item>• <hi format=ital>with runways 1,220-2,439 m:</hi> 16
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- <item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> above-average urban system, using microwave and cable; broadcast stations—8 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 3 submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
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