Zaire Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 5 254 km total; 3,968 km 1.067-meter gauge (851 km electrified); 125 km 1,000-meter gauge; 136 km 0.615-meter gauge; 1,025 km 0.600-meter gauge

Highways: 145,050 km total; 2,356 km bituminous, 46,230 km gravel and improved earth: remainder unimproved earth

Inland waterways: comprising the Gango, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes, the waterway system affords over 15 000 km of navigable routes

Pipelines: refined products, 390 km

Ports: 2 major (Matadi, Boma), 1 minor

Civil air: 52 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 335 total, 296 usable; 25 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m, 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 70 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: barely adequate wire and radio-relay service, 31,200 telephones (0.1 per 100 popl.); 10 AM, 3 FM, 17 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station and 13 domestic satellite stations

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