Railroads: 3,613 km total; state-owned Portuguese Railroad Co. (CP) operates 2,858 km 1.665-meter gauge (434 km electrified and 426 km double track), 755 km 1.000-meter gauge; 12 km (1.435-meter gauge) electrified, double track, privately owned

Highways: 73,661 km total; 61,599 km paved (bituminous, gravel, and crushed stone), including 140 km of limited-access divided highway; 7,962 km improved earth; 4,100 km unimproved earth (motorable tracks)

Inland waterways: 820 km navigable; relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 297-metric-ton cargo capacity

Pipelines: crude oil, 11 km; refined products, 58 km

Ports: Leixoes, Lisbon, Oporto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Puerto das Vellas, Setubal, Sines, and 34 minor

Merchant marine: 53 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 823,793 GRT/1,472,856 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 22 cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 container, 1 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 13 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 2 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 10 bulk, 1 combination bulk

Civil air: 28 major transport aircraft

Airports: 69 total, 65 usable; 37 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 11 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: facilities are generally adequate; 2,250,000 telephones; stations--44 AM, 51 (18 relays) FM, 24 (25 relays) TV; 7 submarine cables; communication satellite ground stations operating in the INTELSAT, EUTELSAT, and domestic systems (mainland and Azores)

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