Panama Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 238 km total; 78 km 1.524-meter gauge, 160 km 0.914-meter gauge

Highways: 8,530 km total; 2,745 km paved, 3,270 km gravel or crushed stone, 2,515 km improved and unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal

Pipelines: crude oil, 130 km

Ports: 2 major (Cristobal and Balboa), 8 minor

Civil air: 16 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 132 total, 128 usable; 42 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: domestic and international telecom facilities well developed; connection into Central American microwave net; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite antennas, 220,000 telephones (10.5 per 100 pop!.); 80 AM 12 TV stations; 1 coaxial submarine cable

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