_#_Highways: 85,237 km total; 15,800 km paved, 39,090 km crushed stone, gravel, stabilized soil: 23,097 km improved earth; 7,250 km unimproved earth
_#_Inland waterways: Lake Kariba is a potential line of communication
_#_Pipelines: 8 km, refined products
_#_Civil air: 12 major transport aircraft
_#_Airports: 499 total, 415 usable; 23 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 35 with runways 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Telecommunications: system was once one of the best in Africa, but now suffers from poor maintenance; consists of radio relay links, open-wire lines, and radio communications stations; 247,000 telephones; stations—8 AM, 18 FM, 8 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT earth station
_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Zimbabwe National Army, Air Force of Zimbabwe, Police Support Unit, Paramilitary Police, People's Militia
_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 2,263,724; 1,399,354 fit for military service
_#Defense expenditures: $412.4 million, NA% of GDP (FY91 est.) % @Taiwan *Geography #_Total area: 35,980 km2; land area: 32,260 km2; includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy
_#_Comparative area: slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut