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- Railroads: 2,892 km total (1986); 1,914 km 1.000 meter gauge,
- 978 km 1.676 meter broad gauge.
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- Highways: 7,240 km total (1985); 3,840 km paved, 3,400 km unpaved.
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- Inland waterways: 5,150-8,046 km navigable waterways (includes
- 2,575-3,058 km main cargo routes).
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- Ports: Chittagong, Chalna.
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- Merchant marine: 47 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 331,568
- GRT/493,935 DWT; includes 38 cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and
- lubricants (POL) tanker, 3 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off,
- 3 bulk.
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- Pipelines: 650 km natural gas.
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- Civil air: 15 major transport aircraft.
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- Airports: 16 total, 13 usable; 13 with permanent-surface
- runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 4 with runways
- 2,440-3,659 m; 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
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- Telecommunications: adequate international radio communications
- and landline service; fair domestic wire and microwave service;
- fair broadcast service; 182,000 telephones; stations--9 AM, 6 FM,
- 11 TV; 2 Indian Ocean INTELSAT satellite earth stations.
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