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  Facilities (Year-end) | ||||||
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| Year | Number of | Number of | Length of |  |  |  | 
| Region | Post and | Post Boxes | Postal | # Highway | # Railway | Rural
  Delivery | 
|  | Telecommunica- |  | Routes | Routes | Routes | Routes | 
|  | tions
  Offices |  | (km) |  |  | (km) | 
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| 1978 | 49623 |                
   | 596991 | 572204 | 150249 | 4266291 | 
| 1980 | 49471 | 159009 | 598245 | 582058 | 150819 | 4138879 | 
| 1985 | 53107 | 174678 | 1416303 | 663016 | 182178 | 3565758 | 
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| 1986 | 52777 | 176843 | 1535898 | 703542 | 201919 | 3506131 | 
| 1987 | 52882 | 179213 | 1535690 | 695384 | 199883 | 3497911 | 
| 1988 | 52881 | 180085 | 1557762 | 681409 | 199095 | 3443058 | 
| 1989 | 53092 | 178289 | 1526073 | 675352 | 196178 | 3389374 | 
| 1990 | 53629 | 181877 | 1618200 | 676747 | 191313 | 3364861 | 
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| 1991 | 54006 | 181939 | 1603344 | 685759 | 185872 | 3371424 | 
| 1992 | 54891 | 183289 | 1646931 | 712367 | 189359 | 3374556 | 
| 1993 | 57005 | 187966 | 1760506 | 727380 | 189704 | 3377769 | 
| 1994 | 60447 | 193902 | 1781787 | 757931 | 187871 | 3364730 | 
| 1995 | 61898 | 203011 | 1886082 | 819412 | 183036 | 3345848 | 
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| 1996 | 72496 | 217235 | 2118940 | 917151 | 183884 | 3358051 | 
| 1997 | 79273 | 231337 | 2363108 | 873688 | 186382 | 3402946 | 
| 1998 | 102225 | 234716 | 2853942 | 930622 | 189652 | 3361484 | 
| 1999 | 66649 | 232674 | 2979007 | 989122 | 190056 | 3348054 | 
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