Liberia Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 487 km total;342 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 145 km 1.067 -meter narrow gauge; all lines single track, rail systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with Liber ian Government

Highways: 10,087 km total; 603 km bitumi nous treated, 2,848 km all-weather, 4,313 km dry-weather

Inland waterways: no significant waterways

Ports: 1 major (Monrovia), 4 minor

Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 80 total, 75 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 5 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: telephone and telegraph service via radio-relay network; mam center is Monrovia; 7,700 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 3 AM, 4 FM, 5 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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