Portugal Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads:3,630km total· state-owned Por tuguese Railroad Co. (CP)operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 760 km 1 000-meter gauge; 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double, nongovernment owned

Highways: 57,499 km total; 49,537 km paved (bituminous, gravel, and crushed stone), including 140 km of limited-access divided highway; 7,962 km improved earth; plus an additional 4,100 km of unimproved earth roads (motorable tracks)

Inland waterways: 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 297-metric-ton cargo capacity

Pipelines: crude oil, 11km

Ports: 7 major, 34 minor

Civil air: 34 major transport aircraft

Airfields (including Azores and Madeira Islands): 69 total, 66 usable; 35 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 9 with runways 2,4403,659 m, 12 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: facilities are generally adequate; 1.68 million telephones (16.6 per 100 popl.); 50 AM. 52 FM, 66 TV stations; 6 submarine cables; 3 Atlantic Ocean satellite antennas (on mainland and Azores)

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