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- Railroads: 14,925 km total; Cuban National Railways operates
- 5,295 km of 1.435-meter gauge track; 199 km electrified;
- 9,630 km of sugar plantation lines of 0.914-1.435-meter gauge.
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- Highways: about 21,000 km total; 9,000 km paved, 12,000 km
- gravel and earth surfaced.
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- Inland waterways: 240 km.
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- Ports: Cienfuegos, Havana, Mariel, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba;
- 7 secondary, 35 minor.
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- Merchant marine: 91 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 701,418
- GRT/1,014,014 DWT; includes 62 cargo, 7 refrigerated cargo,
- 3 cargo/training, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL)
- tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 6 bulk; note--Cuba
- beneficially owns an additional 34 ships (1,000 GRT and
- over) totaling 475,864 DWT under the registry of Panama,
- Cyprus, and Malta.
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- Civil air: 59 major transport aircraft.
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- Airports: 197 total, 168 usable; 72 with permanent-surface
- runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 14 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
- 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
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- Telecommunications: stations--150 AM, 5 FM, 58 TV; 1,530,000 TV sets;
- 2,140,000 radio receivers; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station.
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