Fiji

Fiji Transportation

Railways
total: 597 km
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge
note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2003)

Highways
total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km
unpaved: 1,748 km (1999 est.)

Waterways
general assessment: modern local, interisland, and international (wire/radio integrated) public and special-purpose telephone, telegraph, and teleprinter facilities; regional radio communications center
domestic: NA
international: country code - 679; access to important cable links between US and Canada as well as between NZ and Australia; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

Ports and harbors
Lambasa, Lautoka, Levuka, Malau, Savusavu, Suva, Vuda

Merchant marine
total: 2 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 6,372 GRT/7,453 DWT
by type: chemical tanker 1, passenger 1
foreign-owned: Australia 1, Singapore 1 (2004 est.)

Airports
28 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 19 (2004 est.)



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