The Bahamas Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: none

Highways: 2,400 km total; 1,350 km paved, 1,050 km grave)

Ports: 2 major (Freeport, Nassau), 9 minor

Civil air: 9 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 61 total, 56 usable; 29 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 23 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: telecom facilities highly developed, including 84,000 telephones (37.9 per 100 popl.) in totally automatic system; tropospheric scatter and cable links with Florida; 3 AM and 2 FM stations;

1 TV station; 3 coaxial submarine cables; satellite ground station under construction

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