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<text>
<title>
Spain: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Spain
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 15,430 km total; Spanish National Railways (RENFE)
operates 12,691 km (all 1.668-meter gauge, 6,184 km electrified,
and 2,295 km double track); FEVE (government-owned narrow-gauge
railways) operates 1,821 km (predominantly 1.000-meter gauge,
441 km electrified); privately owned railways operate 918 km
(predominantly 1.000-meter gauge, 512 km electrified, and 56 km
double track)
</p>
<p>Highways: 150,839 km total; 82,513 km national (includes 2,433
km limited-access divided highway, 63,042 km bituminous treated,
17,038 km intermediate bituminous, concrete, or stone block) and
68,326 km provincial or local roads (bituminous treated,
intermediate bituminous, or stone block)
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 1,045 km, but of minor economic importance
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 265 km, petroleum products 1,794 km,
natural gas 1,666 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Algeciras, Alicante, Almeria, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cadiz,
Cartagena, Castellon de la Plana, Ceuta, El Ferrol del Caudillo,
Puerto de Gijon, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas (Canary Islands),
Mahon, Malaga, Melilla, Rota, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Sagunto,
Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo, and 175 minor ports
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 242 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
2,394,175 GRT/4,262,868 DWT; includes 2 passenger, 8 short-sea
passenger, 71 cargo, 12 refrigerated cargo, 12 container, 32
roll-on/roll-off cargo, 4 vehicle carrier, 41 oil tanker, 14
chemical tanker, 7 liquefied gas, 3 specialized tanker, 36 bulk
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 105</l>
<l> usable: 99</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 60</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 4</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 22</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 26</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: generally adequate, modern facilities;
15,350,464 telephones; broadcast stations - 190 AM, 406 (134
repeaters) FM, 100 (1,297 repeaters) TV; 22 coaxial submarine
cables; 2 communications satellite earth stations operating in
INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean); MARECS, INMARSAT,
and EUTELSAT systems; tropospheric links
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