Uruguay Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 3,000 km, all 1.435-meter standard gauge (1 435 m) and government owned

Highways: 49,900km total; 6,700 km paved, 3,000 km gravel, 40,200 km earth

Inland waterways: 1,600 km; used by coastal and shallow-draft river craft

Ports: 1 major (Montevideo), 9 minor

Civil air: 14 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 93 total, 89 usable; 14 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,4 40-3,659 m, 14 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: most modern facilities concentrated in Montevideo; new nationwide radio-relay network 337,000 telephones (11.3 per 100 popl.); 100 AM, 36 TV stations; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations

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