Television broadcast stations: 29 (in addition, there are two repeaters) (1997)
Televisions: 10.8 million (1996 est.)
Transportation
Railways:
total: 4,600 km (519 km electrified); note—1,108 km belongs to the
Taiwan Railway Administration and the remaining 3,492 km is
dedicated to industrial use
narrow gauge: 4,600 km 1.067-m
Highways:
total: 19,634 km
paved: 17,171 km (including 548 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,463 km (1997)
Pipelines: petroleum products 615 km; natural gas 97 km
Ports and harbors: Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung,
Su-ao, T'ai-chung
Merchant marine:
total: 180 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,106,573
GRT/7,963,834 DWT
ships by type: bulk 47, cargo 30, combination bulk 3, container 72,
oil tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 9, roll-on/roll-off cargo 2 (1998
est.)
Airports: 39 (1998 est.)
Airports—with paved runways: total: 36 over 3,047 m: 8 2,438 to 3,047 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 4 (1998 est.)