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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. Zimbabwe: Communications
  4. </title>
  5. <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Zimbabwe
  6. Communications</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Railroads: 2,745 km 1.067-meter gauge (including 42 km double
  8. track, 355 km electrified)
  9. </p>
  10. <p>Highways: 85,237 km total; 15,800 km paved, 39,090 km crushed
  11. stone, gravel, stabilized soil: 23,097 km improved earth; 7,250
  12. km unimproved earth
  13. </p>
  14. <p>Inland waterways: Lake Kariba is a potential line of
  15. communication
  16. </p>
  17. <p>Pipelines: petroleum products 212 km
  18. </p>
  19. <list>
  20. <l>Airports:</l>
  21. <l>  total: 485</l>
  22. <l>  usable: 403</l>
  23. <l>  with permanent-surface runways: 22</l>
  24. <l>  with runways over 3,659 m: 2</l>
  25. <l>  with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 3</l>
  26. <l>  with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 29</l>
  27. </list>
  28. <p>Telecommunications: system was once one of the best in Africa,
  29. but now suffers from poor maintenance; consists of microwave
  30. links, open-wire lines, and radio communications stations;
  31. 247,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 8 AM, 18 FM, 8 TV; 1
  32. Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
  33. </p></body></article></text>
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