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<text>
<title>
Hungary: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Hungary
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 7,765 km total; 7,508 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 222
km narrow gauge (mostly 0.760-meter), 35 km 1.520-meter broad gauge;
1,236 km double track, 2,249 km electrified; all government owned
(1990)
</p>
<p>Highways: 130,218 km total; 29,919 km national highway system
(27,212 km asphalt, 126 km concrete, 50 km stone and road brick,
2,131 km macadam, 400 km unpaved); 58,495 km country roads (66%
unpaved), and 41,804 km other roads (70% unpaved) (1988)
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 1,622 km (1988)
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 1,204 km; natural gas 4,387 km (1991)
</p>
<p>Ports: Budapest and Dunaujvaros are river ports on the Danube;
coastal outlets are Rostock (Germany), Gdansk (Poland), Gdynia
(Poland), Szczecin (Poland), Galati (Romania), and Braila (Romania)
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 12 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) and 1 bulk
totaling 83,091 GRT/115,950 DWT
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 92</l>
<l> usable: 92</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 25</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 1</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 20</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 28</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: automatic telephone network based on microwave
radio relay system; 1,128,800 phones (1991); telephone density is at
19.4 per 100 inhabitants; 49% of all phones are in Budapest; 608,000
telephones on order (1991); 12-15 year wait for a phone; 14,213 telex
lines (1991); broadcast stations - 32 AM, 15 FM, 41 TV (8 Soviet TV
repeaters); 4.2 million TVs (1990); 1 satellite ground station using
INTELSAT and Intersputnik
</p></body></article></text>