Lesotho Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 1.6 km; owned, operated, and included in the statistics of the Republic of South Africa

Highways: approx. 4,221 km total; 508 km paved; 1,585 km crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized soil; 946 km improved, 2,128 km unimproved earth

Civil air: 1 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 28 total, 28 usable; 1 with permanent surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 3 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: system a modest one consisting of a few land lines, a small radiorelay system, and minor radiocommunication stations; 5,920 telephones (0.3 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 2 FM stations; 1 TV station planned; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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