he new peso replaced the old peso on 1 January 1993; 1 new
peso = 1,000 old pesos

Fiscal year: calendar year

Transportation
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Railways:
total: 20,567 km
standard gauge: 20,477 km 1.435-m gauge (246 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 90 km 0.914-m gauge (1994)

Highways:
total: 245,433 km
paved: 88,601 km (including 4,286 km of expressways)
unpaved: 156,832 km (1993 est.)

Waterways: 2,900 km navigable rivers and coastal canals

Pipelines: crude oil 28,200 km; petroleum products 10,150 km;
natural gas 13,254 km; petrochemical 1,400 km

Ports: Acapulco, Altamira, Coatzacoalcos, Ensenada, Guaymas, La
Paz, Lazaro Cardenas, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Progreso, Salina Cruz,
Tampico, Topolobampo, Tuxpan, Veracruz

Merchant marine:
total: 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 875,314 GRT/1,245,932
DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, chemical tanker 4, container 4, liquefied
gas tanker 7, oil tanker 29, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off
cargo 2, short-sea passenger 3 (1995 est.)

Airports:
total: 1,411
with paved runways over 3 047 m: 9
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 25
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 88
with paved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 66
with paved runways under 914 m: 815
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 50
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 358 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: 11,890,868 (1993 est.)

Telephone system: highly developed system with extensive microwave
radio relay links; privatized in December 1990
domestic: adequate telephone service for business and government,
but the population is poorly served; domestic satellite system with
120 earth stations; extensive microwave radio relay network
international: satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Atlantic
Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean); launched Solidaridad I satellite in
November 1993 and Solidaridad II in October 1994, giving Mexico
improved access to South America, Central America and much of the US
as well as enhancing domestic communications; linked to Central
American Microwave System of trunk connections

Radio broadcast stations: AM 679, FM 0, shortwave 22

Radios: 22.5 million (1992 est.)

Television broadcast stations: 238

Televisions: 13.1 million (1992 est.)

Defense
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Branches: National Defense (includes Army and Air Force), Navy
(includes Naval Air and Marines)

Manpower availab