Railroads: 965 km total; all 1.067-meter-gauge single track

Highways: 28,000 km total; 3,600 km paved, 17,400 km gravel and improved earth, 7,000 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 1,500 km

Pipelines: crude oil, 800 km; refined products, 1,358 km

Ports: Guayaquil, Manta, Puerto Bolivar, Esmeraldas

Merchant marine: 49 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 351,431 GRT/506,208 DWT; includes 1 short-sea passenger, 7 cargo, 18 refrigerated cargo, 2 container, 2 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 16 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 1 liquefied gas, 1 bulk

Civil air: 44 major transport aircraft

Airports: 179 total, 177 usable; 36 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runways over 3,659 m; 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 21 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: domestic facilities generally adequate; 318,000 telephones; stations--272 AM, no FM, 33 TV, 39 shortwave; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station

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