Ghana Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 953 km, all 1.067-meter gauge, 32 km double track; diesel locomotives gradually replacing steam engines

Highways: 32,250 km total; 6,084 km concrete or bituminous surface, 26,166 km gravel or laterite

Inland waterways: Volta Ankobra, and Tano rivers provide 168 km of perennial navigation for launches and lighters; Lake

Volta reservoir provides 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways

Pipelines: refined products, 3 km

Ports: 2 major (Tema, Takoradi)

Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 10 total, 9 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair system of openwire and cable, radio-relay links; 68,900 telephones (0.6 per 100 popl.); 6 AM, 9 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite ground station

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