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Paraguay Transportation:

Railways:
total: 441 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways:
total: 29,500 km (1999 est.)
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km

Waterways:
3,100 km (2004 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion

Merchant marine:
total: 21 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 31,667 GRT / 30,826 DWT
by type: cargo 15, livestock carrier 1, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 2 (Argentina 2)
registered in other countries: 1
(2005)

Airports:
878 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 12
over 3047m: 3
914 to 1523m: 4
1524 to 2437m: 5
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 866
1524 to 2437m: 26
under 914m: 517
914 to 1523m: 323
(2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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