Guatemala Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 870 km 0.914-meter gauge, single track; 780 km government owned, 90 km privately owned

Highways: 26,429 km total; 2,868 km paved, 11,421 km gravel, and 12,140 unimproved

Inland waterways 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km navigable during high-water season

Pipelines: crude oil, 48 km

Ports: 2 major (San Jose East [Puerto Quetzal], Santo Tomas de Castilla), 3 minor

Civil air: 10 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 498 total, 452 usable; 11 with permanent-surface runways, 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 21 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fairly modern telecom network centered on Guatemala;

97,670 telephones (1.6 per 100 popl.); 93

AM, 24 TV stations; connection into Central American microwave net; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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