Venezuela Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 439 km total; 260 km 1 435-meter standard gauge all single track, government owned; 179 km 1.435-meter gauge, privately owned

Highways: 77,785 km total; 22,780 km paved, 24,720 km gravel, 14,450 km earth roads, and 15,835 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 7,100 km, Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels

Pipelines: 6,370 km crude oil; 480 km refined products; 2 480 km natural gas

Ports: 6 major, 17 minor

Civil air: 58 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 278 total, 254 usable; 107 with permanent-surface runways; 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 87 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: modern expanding telecom system; 1.44 million telephones (9.5 per 100 popl.); 180 AM, 58 TV stations; 3 submarine coaxial cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station with 2 antennas, and 3 domestic satellite stations

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