(1,000 GRT or over) totaling 6,472 GRT/8,914 DWT; includes 31 cargo, 3 refrigerated cargo, 15 oil tanker, 1 chemical tanker Airports: total: 330 usable: 330 with permanent-surface runways: 4 with runways 1,200 to 2,439 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 0 with runways 2,440 to 3,659 m: 9 Telecommunications: 700,000 telephones; broadcast stations - 41 AM, 800 (mostly repeaters) FM, 47 (870 repeaters) TV; 5 submarine coaxial cables; broadcast stations - 1 kw or greater); satellite earth station *Bolivia, Defense Forces Branches: French Forces, Gendarmerie Note: defense is responsibility of various other languages
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