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Communications
Railroads: 970 km total; 440 km 1.435-meter standard gauge,
60 km 1.000-meter gauge, 470 km various narrow gauge (privately
owned).
Highways: 21,960 km total; 1,788 km paved, 474 km gravel,
and 19,698 km earth.
Inland waterways: 3,100 km.
Ports: Asuncion.
Merchant marine: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,735
GRT/26,043 DWT; includes 13 cargo, 2 petroleum, oils, and
lubricants (POL) tanker; note--1 naval cargo ship is sometimes
used commercially.
Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 873 total, 753 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways;
1 with runways over 3,659 m; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m;
52 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: principal center in Asuncion; fair intercity
microwave net; 78,300 telephones; stations--40 AM, no FM, 5 TV,
7 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station.