Railroads: 642 km 1.000-meter gauge; linked to Senegal's rail system through Kayes

Highways: about 15,700 km total; 1,670 km bituminous, 3,670 km gravel and improved earth, 10,360 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 1,815 km navigable

Civil air: no major transport aircraft

Airports: 38 total, 30 usable; 8 with permanent-surface runways; 7 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 8 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: domestic system poor but improving; provides only minimal service with radio relay, wire, and radio communications stations; expansion of radio relay in progress; 9,500 telephones; stations--2 AM, 2 FM, 2 TV; satellite ground stations--1 Atlantic and 1 Indian Ocean

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