Transport in Mozambique

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links to adjacent countries 1.2 Maps 1.3 Towns served by railways 1.3.1 Nacala system 1.3.2 Central system 1.3.3 Southern system 1.3.4 Unknown 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 5.1 Indian Ocean 6 Merchant marine 7 Airports 7.1 Airports - with paved runways 7.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 8 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 3,123 km
narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge;
narrow gauge: 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2005)

• The railways do not all interconnect.

[edit] Railway links to adjacent countries

• Malawi expected to be operative by 2009
• South Africa under repair
• Swaziland ??
• Tanzania no direct link - break of gauge 1067mm/1000mm
• Zambia link under construction (2005)
• Zimbabwe yes, from Beira

[edit] Maps

• UN Map

• Map Port Nacala railhead
• Southern Africa
• Sena Railway

[edit] Towns served by railways

[edit] Nacala system

• Cuamba - junction
• Nampula - workshops
• Lichinga - railhead
• Malema - waystation
• Nacala - deep water port
• Nampula - waystation
• Nayuchi - Malawi - border town.

[edit] Central system

• Beira - port
• Dondo
• Manica - border
• Inhaminga
• Villa Fontes
• Tete - branch terminus

[edit] Southern system

• Mapai
• Guiga
• Maputo - port

[edit] Unknown

• Xai-Xai - 762mm gauge

[edit] Highways

total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km
unpaved: 24,715 km (1996 est.)

[edit] Waterways

3,750 km (navigable routes)

[edit] Pipelines

crude oil 306 km; petroleum products 289 km
note: none of the pipelines are operating

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Indian Ocean

• Beira - railhead for Zimbabwe via the Beira Railroad Corporation
• Inhambane
• Maputo - railhead for South Africa
• Nacala - railhead for Malawi with deep water port.
• Pemba
• Quelimane

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,125 GRT/7,024 DWT
ships by type: cargo 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 2 (2002 est.)

[edit] Airports

158 (2006)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 22
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 5 (2006)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 136
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 34
under 914 m: 87 (2006)

[edit] See also

• Mozambique

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