center is Monrovia

domestic: NA

international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 6, shortwave 4 (1999)

Radios: 790,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations: 2 (plus four low-power repeaters)
(2000)

Televisions: 70,000 (1997)

Internet country code: .lr

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)

Internet users: 300 (2000)

Liberia Transportation

Railways: total: 490 km (328 km single track); note - three rail
systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests
in conjunction with the Liberian Government; one of these, the Lamco
Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore production ceased; the other
two were shut down by the civil war; large sections of the rail
lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad track
was exported for scrap

standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge

narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge

Highways: total: 10,600 km

paved: 657 km

unpaved: 9,943 km

note: (there is major deterioration on all highways due to heavy
rains and lack of maintenance) (1996 est.)

Waterways: none

Ports and harbors: Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia

Merchant marine: total: 1,478 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
49,456,361 GRT/76,620,648 DWT

ships by type: barge carrier 3, bulk 324, cargo 97, chemical tanker
163, combination bulk 20, combination ore/oil 38, container 245,
liquefied gas 97, multi-functional large-load carrier 4, passenger
24, petroleum tanker 310, refrigerated cargo 74, roll on/roll off
19, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 12, vehicle carrier 45

note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag
of convenience: Argentina 8, Australia 1, Ashmore and Cartier
Islands 1, Austria 5, Bermuda 5, Belgium 5, Burma 1, Brazil 8,
Canada 1, China 28, Chile 7, Costa Rica 8, Cyprus 27, Denmark 4,
Ecuador 1, Germany 117, Greece 83, Hong Kong 54, Croatia 9,
Indonesia 2, India 8, Israel 1, Italy 8, Japan 85, South Korea 8,
Latvia 15, Monaco 28, Mexico 6, Malaysia 1, Nigeria 1, Netherlands
7, Norway 86, Netherlands Antilles 1, NZ 1, Poland 2, Portugal 2,
Philippines 1, Russia 22, Saudi Arabia 20, South Africa 1, Slovenia
1, Singapore 30, Spain 1, Sweden 8, Switzerland 23, UAE 5, Taiwan
10, UK 15, US 85, Uruguay 1, Vietnam 1 (2000 est.)

Airports: 46 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 2

over 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000 es