Railroads: 14,925 km total; Cuban National Railways operates 5,295 km of 1.435-meter gauge track; 199 km electrified; 9,630 km of sugar plantation lines of 0.914-1.435-meter gauge

Highways: about 21,000 km total; 9,000 km paved, 12,000 km gravel and earth surfaced

Inland waterways: 240 km

Ports: Cienfuegos, Havana, Mariel, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba; 7 secondary, 35 minor

Merchant marine: 89 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 679,207 GRT/976,408 DWT; includes 58 cargo, 7 refrigerated cargo, 3 cargo/training, 10 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 2 liquefied gas, 8 bulk; note--Cuba beneficially owns an additional 23 ships (1,000 GRT and over) totaling 199,213 DWT under the registry of Panama and Malta

Civil air: 59 major transport aircraft

Airports: 197 total, 171 usable; 69 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 18 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: stations--150 AM, 5 FM, 58 TV; 1,530,000 TV sets; 2,140,000 radio receivers; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

NOTE: The information regarding Cuba 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 Cuba Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cuba Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.