Cuba Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 14,925 km total; Cuban National Railways operates 5,295 km of 1.435-meter gauge track; 199 km electrified, 9,630 km of sugar plantation lines of 0 914-1.435-meter gauge

Highways: approximately 21,000 km total; 9,000 km paved, 12,000 km gravel and earth surfaced

Inland waterways: 240 km

Ports: 7 major (including US Naval Base at Guantanamo), 40 minor

Civil air: 47 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 203 total, 191 usable; 65 with permanent-surface runways, 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 11 with runw ays 2,440-3,659 m. 19 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

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