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Ecuador Transportation:

Railways:
total: 966 km (2004 est.)
narrow gauge gauge: 966 km 1.067-m gauge

Highways:
total: 43,197 km (2002 est.)
paved: 8,164 km
unpaved: 35,033 km

Waterways:
1,500 km (most inaccessible) (2003 est.)

Pipelines:
extra heavy crude: 578 km
gas: 71 km
oil: 1,386 km
refined products: 1,185 km
(2004)

Ports and harbors:
Esmeraldas, Guayaquil, La Libertad, Manta, Puerto Bolivar

Merchant marine:
total: 31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 241,403 GRT / 391,898 DWT
by type: chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 1, passenger 8, petroleum tanker 20
foreign-owned: 3 (Germany 1, Greece 1, Paraguay 1)
(2005)

Airports:
205 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 62
over 3047m: 3
2438 to 3047m: 4
1524 to 2437m: 18
914 to 1523m: 19
under 914m: 18
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 143
914 to 1523m: 30
under 914m: 113
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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