Guyana Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 187 km total, all single track 0.911 meter gauge

Highways-7,665 km total; 550 km paved, 5,000 km gravel, 1,525 km earth, 590 km unimproved

Inland waterways: 6,000 km total of navigable waterways; Berbice, Demerara, and Es-sequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively

Ports: 1 major (Georgetown), 6 minor

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 70 total, 67 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair telecom system with radio-relay network and over 27,000 telephones (3.3 per 100 popl.);-tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad; 3 AM, 3 FM, no TV stations; I Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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