Colombia Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 3,563 km, all 0.914-meter gauge, single track

Highways: 75,450 km total; 9,350 km paved, 66,100 km earth and gravel surfaces

Inland waterways: 14,300 km, navigable by river boats

Pipelines: crude oil, 3,585 km; refined products, 1,350 km; natural gas, 830 km; natural gas liquids, 125 km

Ports: 6 major (Barranquilla, Buenaventura, Cartagena San Andres, Santa Marta, Tumaco)

Civil air: 106 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 634 total, 618 usable; 65 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,660 m; 10 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 96 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: nationwide radiorelay system; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station with 2 antennas and 11 domestic satellite stations; 1.89 million telephones (6.5 per lOOpcpl); 404 AM and 85 TV stations

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