Haiti Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 40 km 0.760-meter narrow gauge, single-track, privately owned industrial line

Highways- 4,000 km total, 950 km paved, 900 km otherwise improved, 2,150 km unimproved

Inland waterways: negligible; less than 100 km navigable

Ports: 2 major (Port-au-Prince, Cap-Ha'itien), 12 minor

Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 15 total, 11 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 4 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: domestic facilities barely adequate, international facilities slightly better; 36,000 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 31 AM, 32 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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