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Colombia TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Roads: About 104,000 kilometers of finished
roads in
1987, of which 10,300 considered paved. Three major
highways,
including Pan American Highway, crossed Andean highlands
and
Caribbean lowlands and linked to roads servicing major
Pacific
ports. Few paved roads in eastern Colombia.
Railroads: Outdated 3,300-kilometer rail system.
Ports: Five major ports--Barranquilla,
Cartagena, Santa
Marta, Buenaventura, and Tumaco. Inland waterways
historically
important but carried little cargo in late 1980s.
Airports: Five international airports and more
than forty
regional airports.
Telecommunications: Modern telephone system
primarily
served larger towns and cities. Approximately 500 radio
stations
and 100 television stations.
Data as of December 1988
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