Taiwan Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: about 1,075 km common carrier lines and over 3,800 km industrial lines, common carrier lines consist of the 1.067-meter gauge 708 km W’est Line and the 367 km East Line, a 98.25 km South I .ink Line connection is under construction; common carrier lines ow ned by the government and operated by the Railway Administration under Ministry of Communications; industrial lines owned and operated by government enterprises

Highways: network totals 18,800 km (15,800 km are bituminous or concrete surface);

2,500 km are crushed stone or gravel surface; and 500 km are graded earth

Pipelines: 615 km rehned products, 97 km natural gas

Ports: 5 major (Kao-hsiung, Chi-lung, Hua-lien, Su-ao, and T’ai-tung), 4 minor (Tan-shui, T’ai nan, Ta-p’eng, and Ma-kung)

Airfields: 41 total; 38 usable; 34 w ith permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways over 3,659 m, 17 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 7 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: very good international and domestic service; 5.1 million telephones (1 per 3.5 popl.); about 100 radio broadcast stations with 270 AM and 12 FM transmitters; 12 TV stations and 6 repeaters; 8 million radio receivers and 3.6 million TV receivers; 2 INTELSAT ground stations, tropospheric scatter links to Hong Kong and the Philippines available but inactive; submarine cables to Okinawa (Japan), the Philippines, Guam, Singapore, and Hong Kong

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