Jamaica Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 370 km all 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track

Highways: 18,200 km total; 12,600 km paved, 3,200 km gravel, 2,400 km improved earth

Pipelines: refined products, 10 km

Ports: 2 major (Kingston, Montego Bay), 10 minor

Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 42 total, 39 usable; 15 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fully automatic domestic telephone network with 127,000 telephones (6.0 per 100 popl.); 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT stations; 9 AM, 13 FM, 8 TV stations, 3 coaxial submarine cables

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