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- Philippines: Communications
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- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Philippines
- Communications</hdr><body>
- <p>Railroads: 378 km operable on Luzon, 34% government owned
- (1982)
- </p>
- <p>Highways: 157,450 km total (1988); 22,400 km paved; 85,050 km
- gravel, crushed-stone, or stabilized-soil surface; 50,000 km
- unimproved earth
- </p>
- <p>Inland waterways: 3,219 km; limited to shallow-draft (less
- than 1.5 m) vessels
- </p>
- <p>Pipelines: petroleum products 357 km
- </p>
- <p>Ports: Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras, Iloilo, Legaspi,
- Manila, Subic Bay
- </p>
- <p>Merchant marine: 562 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
- 8,282,936 GRT/13,772,023 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 11 short-sea
- passenger, 13 passenger-cargo, 155 cargo, 27 refrigerated cargo,
- 25 vehicle carrier, 9 livestock carrier, 13 roll-on/roll-off
- cargo, 8 container, 38 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 3
- liquefied gas, 1 combination ore/oil, 249 bulk, 8 combination
- bulk; note - many Philippine flag ships are foreign owned and
- are on the register for the purpose of long-term bare-boat
- charter back to their original owners who are principally in
- Japan and Germany
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- <l>Airports:</l>
- <l> total: 270</l>
- <l> usable: 238</l>
- <l> with permanent-surface runways: 73</l>
- <l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
- <l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 9</l>
- <l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 57</l>
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- <p>Telecommunications: good international radio and submarine
- cable services; domestic and interisland service adequate;
- 872,900 telephones; broadcast stations - 267 AM (including 6
- US), 55 FM, 33 TV (including 4 US); submarine cables extended to
- Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan; satellite earth
- stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT, and
- 11 domestic
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