Railroads: 553 km total; 520 km Ouagadougou to Ivory Coast border and 33 km Ouagadougou to Donsin; all 1.00-meter gauge and single track

Highways: 17,000 km total; 1,300 km paved, 7,400 km improved, 8,300 km unimproved (1983)

Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft

Airports: 51 total, 46 usable; 2 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 7 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: all services only fair; radio relay, wire, and radio communication stations in use; 13,900 telephones; stations--2 AM, 2 FM, 2 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

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