Philippines Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 378 km operable (1982); 3 4% government owned

Highways: 152,800 km total (1980); 27,800 km paved; 73,000 km gravel, crushed stone, or stabilized soil surface; 52,000 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 3,219 km; limited to shallow-draft (less than 1.5 m) vessels

Pipelines: refined products, 357 km

Ports: 10 major, numerous minor

Civil air: approximately 53 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 331 total, 284 usable; 70 with permanent-surface runways; 10 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 48 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: good international radio and submarine cable services; domestic and interisland service adequate; 707,000 telephones (1.28 per 100 popl.); 267 AM sta tions, including 6 US; 55 FM stations; 33 TV stations, including 4 US; submarine cables extended to Hong Kong, Guam, Singapore, Taiwan, and Japan; tropospheric-scatter link to Taiwan; 2 international ground satellite stations; 11 domestic satellite stations

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