Madagascar Communications - 1985

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 1,020 km 1.000-meter gauge

Highways: 40,(XX) km total 1,694 km paved, 811 km crushed stone, gravel, or stabilized soil; remainder improved and unimproved earth (est.)

Inland waterways- of local importance only; isolated streams and small portions of (-'anal des Pangalanes

Ports: 4 major (Tamatave, Diego Suarez, Ma-junga, Tulear)

Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 152 total, 125 usable; 28 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 46 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: fair system includes open-wire lines, coaxial cables, and radio-relay links; 1 Indian Ocean satellite station;

38,200 telephones (0.4 per 100 popl.); 14 AM, no FM, 24 TV stations

NOTE: The information regarding Madagascar on this page is re-published from the 1985 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Madagascar 1985 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Madagascar 1985 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.