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- Madagascar: Communications
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Madagascar
- Communications</hdr><body>
- <p>Railroads: 1,020 km 1.000-meter gauge
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- <p>Highways: 40,000 km total; 4,694 km paved, 811 km crushed stone,
- gravel, or stabilized soil, 34,495 km improved and unimproved earth
- (est.)
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- <p>Inland waterways: of local importance only; isolated streams and
- small portions of Canal des Pangalanes
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- <p>Ports: Toamasina, Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Toliara
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- <p>Merchant marine: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,359
- GRT/48,772 DWT; includes 6 cargo, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 oil
- tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas
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- <l>Airports:</l>
- <l> total: 146</l>
- <l> usable: 103</l>
- <l> with permanent-surface runways: 30</l>
- <l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
- <l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 3</l>
- <l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 36</l>
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- <p>Telecommunications: above average system includes open-wire lines,
- coaxial cables, radio relay, and troposcatter links; submarine cable
- to Bahrain; satellite earth stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and
- broadcast stations - 17 AM, 3 FM, 1 (36 repeaters) TV
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