Railroads: 3,797 km total; 3,649 km 1.067-meter gauge; 148 km 0.762-meter narrow gauge; Malawi-Nacala, Malawi-Beira, and Zimbabwe-Maputo lines are subject to closure because of insurgency

Highways: 26,498 km total; 4,593 km paved; 829 km gravel, crushed stone, stabilized soil; 21,076 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: about 3,750 km of navigable routes

Pipelines: 306 km crude oil (not operating); 289 km refined products

Ports: Maputo, Beira, Nacala

Merchant marine: 5 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 8,329 GRT/12,698 DWT

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft

Airports: 214 total, 171 usable; 27 with permanent-surface runways; 6 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 30 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: fair system of troposcatter, open-wire lines, and radio relay; 57,400 telephones; stations--9 AM, 3 FM, 1 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT station; 3 domestic satellite stations

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