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<title>
Belgium: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Belgium
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: Belgian National Railways (SNCB) operates 3,568 km
1.435-meter standard gauge, government owned; 2,563 km double
track; 2,207 km electrified
</p>
<p>Highways: 103,396 km total; 1,317 km limited access, divided
autoroute; 11,717 km national highway; 1,362 km provincial road;
about 38,000 km paved and 51,000 km unpaved rural roads
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial
use)
</p>
<p>Pipelines: petroleum products 1,167 km; crude oil 161 km;
natural gas 3,300 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Antwerp, Brugge, Gent, Oostende, Zeebrugge
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 96,949
GRT/133,658 DWT; includes 10 cargo, 5 oil tanker, 2 liquefied
gas, 5 chemical tanker, 1 bulk
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 42</l>
<l> usable: 42</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 24</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 14</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 3</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: highly developed, technologically
advanced, and completely automated domestic and international
telephone and telegraph facilities; extensive cable network;
limited microwave radio relay network; 4,720,000 telephones;
broadcast stations - 3 AM, 39 FM, 32 TV; 5 submarine cables; 2
satellite earth stations - Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and EUTELSAT
systems; nationwide mobile phone system
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