Railroads: 1,173 km total; 858 km 1.000-meter gauge, 145 km 0.600-meter gauge

Highways: about 65,000 km total; includes 2,682 km bituminous, 30,000 km unimproved earth, 32,318 km gravel, earth, and improved earth

Inland waterways: 2,090 km; of decreasing importance

Ports: Douala

Merchant marine: 4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 48,270 GRT/66,907 DWT

Civil air: 6 major transport aircraft

Airports: 63 total, 57 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 5 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 25 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: good system of open wire, cable, troposcatter, and radio relay; 26,000 telephones; stations--10 AM, 1 FM, 1 TV; 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth stations

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