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Panama TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Ports: Fourteen ports, the most important Balboa
(Pacific) and Cristóbal (Atlantic) at entrances to Panama Canal.
Railroads: There were 3 separate, unconnected systems
totalling 238 kilometers. Main line between Panama City and Colón
(seventy-six kilometers). Other two in west, originating in David
and Almirante, respectively, and continuing across the Costa Rican
border.
Roads: In 1984 about 9,535 kilometers, 32 percent
asphalted. Principal axes are Pan-American Highway, running across
Panama from Costa Rica toward Colombia, and Trans-isthmian Highway
from Panama City to Colón.
Airports: Eight main fields, including one international
airport: General Omar Torrijos International Airport, more commonly
known as Tocumen International Airport, near Panama City.
Oil Pipeline: Trans-isthmian pipeline completed in 1982.
Approximately eighty-one kilometers long, running from Puerto
Armuelles to Chiriquí Grande.
Telecommunications: Well-developed internal and external
systems.
Data as of December 1987
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