Senegal Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 1,034 km 1.000-meter gauge; 70 km double track

Highways: 13,898 km total; 3,461 km paved. 6,741 km gravel or graded earth, 3,696 km of unimproved roads

Inland waterways: 1,505 km

Ports: 1 major (Dakar), 2 minor

Civil air: 3 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 25 total, 21 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways 2,440-3,659 m, 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: above-average urban system, using radio-relay and cable; 40,200 telephones (0.8 per 100 popl.); 8 AM, no FM stations, 1 TV station; 3 submarine cables; 1 Atlantic Ocean satellite station

NOTE: The information regarding Senegal on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Senegal 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Senegal 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.