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<text>
<title>
Romania: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Romania
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 11,275 km total; 10,860 km 1.435-meter gauge, 370
km narrow gauge, 45 km broad gauge; 3,411 km electrified, 3,060
km double track; government owned (1987)
</p>
<p>Highways: 72,799 km total; 35,970 km paved; 27,729 km gravel,
crushed stone, and other stabilized surfaces; 9,100 km
unsurfaced roads (1985)
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 1,724 km (1984)
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 2,800 km, petroleum products 1,429 km,
natural gas 6,400 km (1992)
</p>
<p>Ports: Constanta, Galati, Braila, Mangalia; inland ports are
Giurgiu, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Orsova
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 249 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
2,882,727 GRT/4,463,879 DWT; includes 1 passenger-cargo, 170
cargo, 2 container, 1 rail-car carrier, 9 roll-on/roll-off
cargo, 15 oil tanker, 51 bulk
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 158</l>
<l> usable: 158</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 27</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 21</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 26</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: poor service; about 2.3 million telephone
customers; 89% of phone network is automatic; cable and open
wire; trunk network is microwave; present phone density is 9.85
per 100 residents; roughly 3,300 villages with no service
(February 1990); broadcast stations - 12 AM, 5 FM, 13 TV (1990);
1 satellite ground station using INTELSAT
</p></body></article></text>