Transport in Paraguay

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Railways

Main article: Rail transport in Paraguay


total: 971 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1,435 mm (4 ft 8½ in) gauge
narrow gauge: 60 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in) gauge
note: there are 470 km of various gauges that are privately owned

Rail links to adjacent countries

Highways


total: 29,500 km
paved: 15,000 km
unpaved: 14,500 km (1999)

Waterways

3,100 km

Ports and harbors

Paraguay River (international water way)

Paraná River

Merchant marine


total: 21 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 30,287 GRT/32,510 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)

Airports

937 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways


total: 10
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways


total: 927
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 29
914 to 1,523 m: 346
under 914 m: 551 (1999 est.)

See also

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

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Sovereign states
Dependencies

Aruba1 / Netherlands Antilles1 (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) 2 / French Guiana (France)
1 Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America and/or Central America).  2 Territories also in or commonly reckoned to be in Antarctica.
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