Mali Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 642 km 1.000-meter gauge

Highways: approximately 15,700 km total;

1,670 km bituminous, 3,670 km gravel and improved earth, 10,360 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 1,815 km navigable

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 38 total, 31 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 9 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: domestic system poor and provides only minimal service; radiorelay, wire, and radio communications stations in use; expansion of radio relay in progress; 8,000 telephones (0.1 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 2 FM, no TV stations; 1 Atlantic and 1 Indian Ocean satellite ground station

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