Tanzania Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 3,555 km total, 960 km 1.067-meter gauge, 2,595 km 1.000-meter gauge, 6.4 km double track 962 km Tan-Zam Railroad 1.067-meter gauge in Tanzania; 115 km 1.000-meter gauge planned by end of decade

Highways: total 34,500 km, 3,600 km paved; 5,600 km gravel or crushed stone; remainder improved and unimproved earth

Pipelines: 982 km crude oil

Inland waterways: several thousand km navigable on Lakes Tanganyika, Victoria, and Malawi; principal inland waterway ports are Mwanza on I ,ake Victoria and Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika

Ports: 3 major (Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Tanga)

Civil air: 7 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 100 total, 93 usable; 12 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with run ways 2,440-3,659 m, 45 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair system of open wire, radio relay, and troposcatter; 103,800 telephones (0.6 per 100 popl.); 6 AM, no FM, 2 TV stations; 1 Indian Ocean satellite sta tion

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