French Guiana Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 680 km total; 510 km paved, 170 km improved and unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 460 km, navigable by small oceangoing vessels and river and coastal steamers; 3,300 km possibly navigable by native craft

Ports: 1 major (Cayenne), 7 minor

Civil air: no major transport aircraft

Airfields: 11 total, 11 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair open-wire and radio-relay system with about 18,100 telephones (27.2 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, 6 FM, 9 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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