Papua New Guinea Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 19,200 km total; 640 km paved, 10.960 km gravel, crushed stone, or stabilized soil surface, 7,600 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 10,940 km

Ports: 5 principal, 9 minor

Civil air: about 15 maji >r transport aircraf t

Airfields: 534 total, 433 usable; 15 with permanent-surface runways; 2 v ith runways 2,440-3,659 m; 36 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: Papua New Guinea telecom services are adequate and are being improved; facilities provide radiobroadcast, radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio,, aeronautical radio and international radiocommunication services; submarine cables extend from Madang to Australia and Guam; 45,274 telephones (1.5 per 100 popl.); 31 AM, no FM, or TV stations

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