Congo Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 727 km, 1.067-meter gauge, single track

Highways: 11,970 km total, 555 km bituminous surface treated, 848 km gravel, laterite, 5,317 km improved earth, and 5,220 km unimproved roads

Inland waterways: the Congo and Vbangi Rivers pros ide 1,120 km of commercially navigable water transport; the remainder of the inland waterways are used for local traffic only

Pipelines: crude oil 25 km

Ports: 1 major (Pointe-Noire)

Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 55 total, 51 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 21 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: services adequate for government use; primary network is composed of radio-relay routes and coaxial cables; key centers are Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; 18,100 telephones (1.1 per 100 pop!), 3 AM, 1 FM, 4 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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