Transportation in Bolivia

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Rail links to adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Pipelines 4 Ports and harbors 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 7 Reference

[edit] Railways

total: 3,691 km (single track)
narrow gauge:

• 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge;
• 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 km electrified) (1995)
• the eastern and western networks are joined only via Argentina, dues to slow progress on a direct link.

[edit] Rail links to adjacent countries

• Argentina - yes - 1000mm
• Brazil - yes - 1000mm gauge
• Chile - ??
• Peru - IRJ of March 2005 reports that bids called to reconstruct Central Trans-Andean Railway.
• Paraguay -??

[edit] Highways

total: 52,216 km
paved: 2,872 km (including 27 km of expressways)
unpaved: 49,344 km (1995 est.)

Waterways: 10,000 km of commercially navigable waterways

[edit] Pipelines

crude oil 1,800 km; petroleum products 580 km; natural gas 1,495 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

none; however, Bolivia has free port privileges in the maritime ports of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay.

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 116,373 GRT/182,283 DWT
ships by type: bulk 3, cargo 17, chemical tanker 3, container 1, petroleum tanker 6, roll-on/roll-off 2 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

1,109 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 13
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1,096
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 67
914 to 1,523 m: 219
under 914 m: 807 (1999 est.)

[edit] Reference

This article was adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.