Rwanda Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 5,000 km total; 460 km paved, 1,725 km gravel and/or improved earth, 2,700 km unimproved

Inland waterways. Lake Kivu navigable by shallow draft barges and native craft

Civil air: I major transport aircraft

Airfields: 8 total , 8 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,4 40-3,659 m, 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications-fair system with low-capacity radio-relay system centered on Kigali; 4 600 telephones (0.1 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, 5 FM, no TV stations, SYMPHONIE satellite station, 1 Indian Ocean satellite sta tion

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