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<text>
<title>
Peru: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Peru
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 1,801 km total; 1,501 km 1.435-meter gauge, 300 km
0.914-meter gauge
</p>
<p>Highways: 69,942 km total; 7,459 km paved, 13,538 km improved,
48,945 km unimproved earth
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon
system and 208 km Lago Titicaca
</p>
<p>Pipelines: crude oil 800 km, natural gas and natural gas
liquids 64 km
</p>
<p>Ports: Callao, Ilo, Iquitos, Matarani, Talara
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 194,473
GRT/307,845 DWT; includes 13 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1
roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 oil tanker, 4 bulk; note - in
addition, 6 naval tankers and 1 naval cargo are sometimes used
commercially
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 228</l>
<l> usable: 199</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 37</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 2</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 23</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 46</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: fairly adequate for most requirements;
nationwide microwave system; 544,000 telephones; broadcast
stations - 273 AM, no FM, 140 TV, 144 shortwave; satellite earth
stations - 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 12 domestic
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