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Peru Transportation:

Railways:
total: 3,462 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 2,962 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 500 km 0.914-m gauge

Highways:
total: 78,230 km (2001 est.)
paved: 10,452 km
unpaved: 67,778 km

Waterways:
8,808 km (2004 est.)
note: 8,600 km of navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km of Lago Titicaca

Pipelines:
gas: 388 km (2004 est.)
oil: 1,557 km (2004 est.)
refined products: 13 km (2004 est.)

Ports and harbors:
Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas
note: Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries

Merchant marine:
total: 4 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 13,666 GRT / 17,611 DWT
by type: cargo 3, petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (United States 1)
registered in other countries: 14
(2005)

Airports:
234 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 52
over 3047m: 5
2438 to 3047m: 20
1524 to 2437m: 16
914 to 1523m: 9
under 914m: 2
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 182
1524 to 2437m: 21
914 to 1523m: 62
under 914m: 99
(2004 est.)

1 (2004 est.)


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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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