Railroads: total: 1,020 km narrow gauge: 1,020 km 1.000-m gauge
Highways:
total: 40,000 km
paved: 4,694 km
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, stabilized earth 811 km; other earth
34,495 km (est.)
Inland waterways: of local importance only; isolated streams and small
portions of Canal des Pangalanes
Ports: Antsiranana, Mahajanga, Port Saint-Louis, Toamasina, Toliaria
Merchant marine:
total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,261 GRT/28,193 DWT
ships by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil
tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2
Airports:
total: 138
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 1
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 21
with paved runways under 914 m: 42
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 5
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 64
@Madagascar:Communications
Telephone system: NA telephones; above average system
local: NA
intercity: open-wire lines, coaxial cables, microwave radio relay, and
tropospheric scatter links
international: submarine cable to Bahrain; 1 earth station for Indian
Ocean INTELSAT
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 3, shortwave 0
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: 1 (repeaters 36)
televisions: NA