Transportation in Paraguay
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[edit] Railways
total: 971 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) gauge
narrow gauge: 60 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) gauge
note: there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned
[edit] Rail links to adjacent countries
Argentina - yes - 1,435 mm both countries.
Bolivia - no ??
Brazil - yes - break-of-gauge 1,000 mm (Brazil)/1,435 mm (Paraguay)
[edit] Highways
total: 29,500 km
paved: 15,000 km
unpaved: 14,500 km (1999)
[edit] Waterways
3,100 km
[edit] Ports and harbors
[edit] Paraguay River (international water way)
[edit] Paraná River
[edit] Merchant marine
total: 21 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 30,287 GRT/32,510 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (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
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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