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Venezuela TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Roads: In 1988 approximately 76,600
kilometers--34
percent paved (highest percentage in Latin America), 32
percent
gravel. Roads primary means of transportation for both
passengers
and cargo.
Railroads: In 1988 only 400 kilometers carried
240,000
passengers and freight over two major routes. Main
passenger
route from Barquisimeto to Puerto Cabello.
Ports: La Guaira, in metropolitan Caracas,
leading
port. Other major ports included Puerto Cabello and
Maracaibo.
Other seaports generally served particular industries.
Airports: Eleven international airports and some
thirty-six domestic airports. Major airport Maiquetía
international outside Caracas.
Telecommunications: About 180 radio stations and
5
television stations in 1988. Approximately 2.8 million
television
sets. About 1.8 million telephone lines served 1.4 million
subscribers in 1988. Because of inadequate telephone
service,
some utilities, oil companies, and the military maintained
their
own systems.
Data as of December 1990
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