Suriname Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 166 km total; 86 km 1.000-meter gauge, government owned, and 80 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, all single track

Highways: 8,300 km total, 500 km paved; 5,400 km bauxite gravel, crushed stone, or improved earth; 2,400 km sand or clay

Inland waterways: 1,200 km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging from 4.2 m to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways while native canoes navigate upper reaches

Ports: 1 major (Paramaribo), 6 minor

Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 42 total, 40 usable; 4 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: international facilities good; domestic radio-relay system;

27,500 telephones (6.3 per 100 popl.); 4 AM, 4 FM stations; 1 TV station; 2 Atlantic satellite stations

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