Highways: 3,218 km (418 km bituminous, remainder earth)

Inland waterways: scattered stretches are important to coastal commerce

Ports: Bissau

Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft

Airports: 48 total, 32 usable; 5 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: adequate system of open-wire lines, radio relay links, and radiocommunication stations; provincial capitals connected by radio relay; 3,000 telephones; stations--1 AM, 2 FM, no TV; scheduled to receive satellite system

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