Transportation in Bolivia

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Rail links with adjacent countries 1.2 Maps 1.3 Towns served by rail 2 Highways 3 Pipelines 4 Ports and harbors 4.1 Seaports 4.2 Lake Titicaca 4.3 Amazon basin 4.4 Paraguay River (international water way) 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Railways

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

• 3,652 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) gauge;
• 39 km 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge (13 km electrified) (1995)
• the eastern and western networks are joined only via Argentina, due to slow progress on a direct link.
  • The map on page 522 of the 1969/1970 edition of JANE'S shows a link between Cuevos and Zudañez as being "under construction".

[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries

• Argentina - yes - 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) both countries
• Brazil - yes - 1,000 mm gauge both countries
• Chile - yes - 1,000 mm gauge both countries; break of gauge where Chile is 1676mm gauge
• Peru - Shipping from 1,000 mm railhead in
  Guaqui to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) railhead in
  Puno across Lake Titicaca
• Paraguay -??

[edit] Maps

• UN Map

[edit] Towns served by rail

Main article: Railway stations in Bolivia

[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

[edit] Seaports

• none, however, Bolivia has free port privileges in the maritime ports of Argentina, Brazil, Chile

[edit] Lake Titicaca

• Guaqui

[edit] Amazon basin

Puerto Guayamerin Puerto Suárez Puerto Guayamerin Riberalta San Pedro de Tiquina

Puerto Horquilla Puerto Villarroel Trinidad Rurrenabaque

[edit] Paraguay River (international water way)

• Puerto Aguirre
• Puerto Busch
• Puerto Quijarro

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 32 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 116,373 GRT/182,283 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)

bulk carriers 3 cargo ships 17 chemical tankers 3

container ships 1 petroleum tanker 6 roll-on/roll-off 2

[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] See also

• Rail transport by country

[edit] References

This article was adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.

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