Guinea Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 1,045 km; 806 km 1.000-meter gauge, 239 km 1.435-meter standard gauge

(formerly Portuguese Guinea)

Highways: 30,000 km total; 1,087 km paved, 13,013 km gravel or laterite, 16,000 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 1,295 km navigable by shallow-diaft native craft

Ports: 1 major (Conakry), 2 minor

Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 17 total, 17 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

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