Railroads: 660 km (Burkina border to Abidjan, 1.00-meter gauge, single track, except 25 km Abidjan-Anyama section is double track)

Highways: 46,600 km total; 3,600 km bituminous and bituminous-treated surface; 32,000 km gravel, crushed stone, laterite, and improved earth; 11,000 km unimproved

Inland waterways: 980 km navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons

Ports: Abidjan, San-Pedro

Merchant marine: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,945 GRT/90,684 DWT; includes 5 cargo, 1 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker

Civil air: 14 major transport aircraft, including multinationally owned Air Afrique fleet

Airports: 50 total, 44 usable; 6 with permanent-surface runways; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: system above African average; consists of open-wire lines and radio relay links; 87,700 telephones; stations--3 AM, 17 FM, 11 TV; 2 Atlantic Ocean satellite stations; 2 coaxial submarine cables

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