Malawi Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 789 km 1.067-meter gauge

Highways: 13,135 km total; 2,364 km paved; 251 km crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized soil; 10,520 km earth and improved earth

Inland waterways: Lake Nyasa, 23,300 km²; Shire River, 144 km, 4 lake ports

Civil air: 4 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 50 total, 49 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair system of openwire lines, radio-relay links, and radio communication stations; 36,800 telephones (0.5 per 100 popl.); 7 AM, 13 FM, no TV stations; 1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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