Cape Verde Transportation
Highwaystotal: 1,100 km
paved: 858 km
unpaved: 242 km (1999 est.)
Waterways
general assessment: effective system, being improved
domestic: interisland microwave radio relay system with both analog and digital exchanges; work is in progress on a submarine fiber-optic cable system which is scheduled for completion in 2003
international: country code - 238; 2 coaxial submarine cables; HF radiotelephone to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Ports and harbors
Mindelo, Praia, Tarrafal
Merchant marine
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 5,395 GRT/6,614 DWT
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 1
foreign-owned: United Kingdom 1 (2004 est.)
Airports
7
note: 3 airports are reported to be nonoperational (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total: 6
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
