Transport in Suriname

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The South American country of Suriname has a number of forms of transport.

Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Links with adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Waterways 3.1 Ports and harbours 3.2 Merchant marine 4 Airports 4.1 Paved runways 4.2 Unpaved runways 5 See also

[edit] Railways

total: 166 km (single track)
standard gauge: 80 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) gauge
narrow gauge: 86 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) gauge

[edit] Links with adjacent countries

• Guyana - no
• Brazil - no
• French Guiana - no

[edit] Highways

total: 4,530 km
paved: 1,178 km
unpaved: 3,352 km (1996 est.)

• Driving is on the left, a practice inherited from the time when The Netherlands drove on the left.

[edit] Waterways

1,200 km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

[edit] Ports and harbours

• Albina
• Moengo
• New Nickerie
• Paramaribo
• Paranam
• Wageningen

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 3 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 3,432 GRT/4,525 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)

• cargo ship 1
• container ship 1
• petroleum tanker 1

[edit] Airports

46 (1999 est.)

[edit] Paved runways

total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)

[edit] Unpaved runways

total: 41
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 35 (1999 est.)

[edit] See also

• Suriname
• Rail transport by country

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