Railroads: 8,613 km total; 4,257 km 1.676-meter gauge, 135 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, 4,221 km 1.000-meter gauge; electrification, 1,578 km 1.676-meter gauge, 76 km 1.000-meter gauge

Highways: 79,025 km total; 9,913 km paved, 33,140 km gravel, 35,972 km improved and unimproved earth (1984)

Inland waterways: 725 km

Pipelines: crude oil, 755 km; refined products, 785 km; natural gas, 320 km

Ports: Antofagasta, Iquique, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Valparaiso, San Antonio, Talcahuano, Arica

Merchant marine: 38 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 541,358 GRT/843,088 DWT; includes 15 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 3 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 3 combination ore/oil, 11 bulk, 1 vehicle transport; note--in addition, 2 naval tankers and 2 military transports are sometimes used commercially

Civil air: 22 major transport aircraft

Airports: 393 total, 353 usable; 47 with permanent-surface runways; 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 54 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: modern telephone system based on extensive radio relay facilities; 768,000 telephones; stations--159 AM, no FM, 131 TV, 11 shortwave; satellite stations--2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 3 domestic

NOTE: The information regarding Chile on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Chile Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Chile Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.