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Mexico Transportation:

Railways:
total: 17,634 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 17,634 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways:
total: 329,532 km (1999 est.)
paved: 108,087 km (including 6,429 km of expressways)
unpaved: 221,445 km

Waterways:
2,900 km (2004 est.)
note: Navigable rivers and coastal canals

Pipelines:
crude oil: 28,200 km
petroleum products: 10,150 km
natural gas: 13,254 km
petrochemical: 1,400 km
(2003)

Ports and harbors:
Altamira, Manzanillo, Morro Redondo, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Veracruz

Merchant marine:
total: 57 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 649,389 GRT / 942,766 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 6, chemical tanker 5, passenger cargo 9, liquefied gas 5, petroleum tanker 26, roll on/roll off 4
foreign-owned: 4 (Denmark 1, Germany 1, UAE 1, United States 1)
registered in other countries: 6
(2005)

Airports:
1,833 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 233
over 3047m: 12
2438 to 3047m: 28
914 to 1523m: 80
under 914m: 29
1524 to 2437m: 84
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 1,600
under 914m: 1075
over 3047m: 1
2438 to 3047m: 1
914 to 1523m: 454
1524 to 2437m: 69
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
2 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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