Fiji Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 644 km 0.610-meter narrow gauge; owned by Fiji Sugar Corp , Ltd.

Highways. 2,960 km total (1981); 390 km paved, 2,150 km gravel crushed stone, or stabilized soil surface; 420 unimproved earth

Inland waterways 203 km; 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges

Ports: 1 major, 6 minor

Civil air: 1 DC-3 and 1 light aircraft

Airfields: 27 total, 26 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways, 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: modern local, interisland, and international (wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose telephone, telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio center; important COM-PAC cable link between US/Canada and New Zealand/Austraha; 37,515 telephones (6.0 per 100 popl.); 7 AM, 2 FM , no TV stations; 1 ground satellite station

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