Burundi Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 5,900 km total; 400 krn paved, 2,500 km gravel or laterite, 3,000 km im proved or unimproved earth

Inland waterways: Lake Tangany ika; 1 lake port, at Bujumbura, connects to transportation systems of Zaire and Tanzania

Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 8 total, 7 usable· 1 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m

Telecommunications: sparse system of wire and low-capacity radio-relay links; about 6,000 telephones (0.1 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 2 FM, no TV stations; 1 Indian Ocean satellite ground station

NOTE: The information regarding Burundi 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 Burundi 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burundi 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.