Kenya Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 2,040 km 1.000-meter gauge

Highways: 55,400 km total; 7.000 km paved, 4,150 km gravel, remainder improved earth

Inland waterways: part of Lake Victoria system is within boundaries of Kenya; principal inland port is at Kisumu

Pipelines: refined products, 483 km

Ports: 1 major (Mombasa)

Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 217 total, 197 usable; 14 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 47 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: in top group of African systems; consists of radio-relay links, open-wire lines, and radiocommunication stations; 231,OCX) telephones (1.3 per 100 popl.); 11 AM, 4 FM, 4 TV stations; 1 Atlantic and 1 Indian Ocean satellite station

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