Transportation in Paraguay

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Rail links to adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Ports and harbors 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 6.1 Airports - with paved runways 6.2 Airports - with unpaved runways 7 See also

[edit] Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Paraguay

total: 971 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 60 km 1.000-m gauge
note: there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned

[edit] Rail links to adjacent countries

• Argentina - yes - 1435mm.
• Boliva - ??
• Brazil - yes - 1000mm

[edit] Highways

total: 29,500 km
paved: 15,000 km
unpaved: 14,500 km (1999)

[edit] Waterways

3,100 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

Asunción, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnación, Paraguay

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 30,287 GRT/32,510 DWT
ships by type: cargo 15, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 4, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

937 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with paved runways

total: 10
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 927
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 29
914 to 1,523 m: 346
under 914 m: 551 (1999 est.)

[edit] See also

• Paraguay

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