Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 3,394 km 1.067-meter gauge; 42 km double track; 335 km electrified

Highways· 85,237 km total; 12,243 km paved, 28,090 km crushed stone, gravel, sta bilized soil: 23,097 km improved earth; 21,807 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: Lake Kariba is a potential line of communication

Pipelines: 8 km refined products

Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft

Airfields- 497 total, 444 usable; 22 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 3 w ith runways 2,440-3,659 m, 36 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: system was one of the best in Africa but now suffers from poor maintenance, consists of radio-relay links, open-wire lines, and radio communication stations; principal center Harare, secondary center Bulawayo; 246,800 telephones (3.3 per 100 popl.); 8 AM, 15 FM, 8 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

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