Cuba Transportation:
Railways:
total: 4,226 km
standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)
note: An additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2004)
Highways:
total: 60,858 km (1999 est.)
paved: 29,820 km (including 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km
Waterways:
240 km (2004 est.)
Pipelines:
gas: 49 km (2004 est.)
oil: 230 km (2004 est.)
Ports and harbors:
Cienfuegos, Havana, Matanzas
Merchant marine:
total: 15 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 54,818 GRT / 81,850 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 4, chemical tanker 1, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 2
foreign-owned: Spain 1
registered in other countries: 20
(2005)
Airports:
170 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 79
over 3047m: 7
2438 to 3047m: 9
1524 to 2437m: 20
914 to 1523m: 6
under 914m: 37
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 91
914 to 1523m: 29
under 914m: 62
(2004 est.)
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