Chile Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 8,478 km total 4,257 km 1.676-meter gauge, 135 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 4,221 km 1.000-meter gauge; electrification, 1,578 km, 1.676-meter gauge, 76 km 1.000-meter gauge

Highways: 78,025 km total; 9,365 km paved, 37,700 km gravel, 32,000 km improved and unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 725 km

Pipelines: crude oil, 755 km refined products, 785 km; natural gas, 320 km

Ports: 10 major, 13 minor

Civil air: 22 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 375 total, 339 usable; 50 with permanent-surface runways; 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 53 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: modern telephone system based on extensive radio-relay facilities; 629,000 telephones (5.4 per 100 popl.); 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite antennas; 3 domestic satellite stations; 153 AM, 126 TV stations

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