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<text>
<title>
Paraguay: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Paraguay
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 970 km total; 440 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 60
km 1.000-meter gauge, 470 km various narrow gauge (privately
owned)
</p>
<p>Highways: 21,960 km total; 1,788 km paved, 474 km gravel, and
19,698 km earth
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 3,100 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Asuncion, Villeta, Ciudad del Este
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,747
GRT/19,865 DWT; includes 11 cargo, 2 oil tanker; note - 1 naval
cargo ship is sometimes used commercially
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 862</l>
<l> usable: 719</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 7</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 0</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 4</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 64</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: principal center in Asuncion; fair
intercity microwave net; 78,300 telephones; broadcast stations -
40 AM, no FM, 5 TV, 7 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth
station
</p></body></article></text>