Tanzania Transportation:
Railways:
total: 3,690 km (2004 est.)
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge
Highways:
total: 88,200 km (1999 est.)
paved: 3,704 km
unpaved: 84,496 km
Waterways:
Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable (2004 est.)
Pipelines:
gas: 29 km
oil: 866 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Zanzibar City
Merchant marine:
total: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 25,481 GRT / 31,011 DWT
by type: cargo 2, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 4
registered in other countries: 1
(2005)
Airports:
123 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 11
over 3047m: 2
2438 to 3047m: 2
1524 to 2437m: 5
914 to 1523m: 1
under 914m: 1
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 112
1524 to 2437m: 19
914 to 1523m: 60
under 914m: 33
(2004 est.)
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