Peru Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 1,876 km total; 1,576 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 300 km 0.914-meter gauge  ‘

Highways: 56,645 km total; 6,030 km paved, 11,865 km gravel, 14,610km improved earth, 24,140 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon River system and 208 km Lago Titicaca

Pipelines: crude oil, 800 km; natural gas and natural gas liquids, 64 km

Ports: 7 major, 25 minor

Civil air: 27 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 246 total, 228 usable; 32 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 25 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 43 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: fairly adequate for most requirements; nationwide radio-relay system; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations, 12 domestic antennas; 544,000 telephones (2.9 per 100 popl.); 250 AM, 138 TV stations

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