Sierra Leone Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads about 84 km I.067-meter narrow gauge privately ow ned mineral line operated by the Sierra Leone Development Company

Highways: 7,460 km total; 1,225 km bituminous, 490 km laterite (some gravel), remainder improved earth

Inland waterways: 800 km; 600 km navigable year round

Ports: I major (Freetown), 2 minor

Civil air: no major transport aircraft

Airfields: 14 total 11 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 3 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair telephone and telegraph service; 16,000 telephones ^0.5 per 100 popl.); 1 INTELSAT Atlantic Ocean satellite ground station; 3 AM, I FM, 2 TV stations

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