Netherlands Antilles Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 950 km total, 300 km paved, 650 km gravel and earth

Ports: 4 major (Willemstad, Oranjestad, Philipsburg, Kralendijk); 6 minor (of which 4 are significant ports for petroleum tankers)

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 7 total, 7 usable; 7 with permanent-surface runways, 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: generally adequate telecom facilities; extensive interisland radio-relay links; 65,000 telephones (24.6 per ICO popl.); 12 AM, 7 FM, 3 TV stations; 2 submarine cables; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite antennas

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