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- Communications
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- Railroads: 660 km (Burkina border to Abidjan, 1.00-meter
- gauge, single track, except 25 km Abidjan-Anyama section
- is double track).
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- Highways: 46,600 km total; 3,600 km bituminous and
- bituminous-treated surface; 32,000 km gravel, crushed stone,
- laterite, and improved earth; 11,000 km unimproved.
-
- Inland waterways: 980 km navigable rivers, canals, and numerous
- coastal lagoons.
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- Ports: Abidjan, San-Pedro.
-
- Merchant marine: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,945
- GRT/ 90,684 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and
- lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker.
-
- Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft, including multinationally
- owned Air Afrique fleet.
-
- Airports: 49 total, 42 usable; 7 with permanent-surface
- runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways
- 2,440-3,659 m; 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
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- Telecommunications: system above African average; consists
- of open-wire lines and radio relay links; 87,700 telephones;
- stations--3 AM, 17 FM, 11 TV; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT
- earth stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables.
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