Angola Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 3,189 km total; 2,879 km 1 067-meter gauge, 310 km 0 600-meter gauge

Highways: 73,828 km total; 8,577 km · bituminous-surface treatment, 29,350 km crushed stone, gravel, or improved earth, remainder unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 1,165 km navigable

Ports: 3 major (Luanda, Lobito, Namibe), 5 minor

Pipelines: crude oil, 179 km

Cioil air: 22 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 351 total, 263 usable; 25 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 12 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 69 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair system of wire, radio-relay, and troposcatter routes; high frequency used extensively for military/ Cuban links; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations; 40,300 telephones (0.7 per 100 popl.);

16 AM, 13 FM, and 2 TV stations

NOTE: The information regarding Angola on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Angola 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Angola 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.