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South America > Brazil > Transportation

BRAZILIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 37,661,730 Time series [11th of 164]
Aircraft departures 654,100 [6th of 155]
Airports 4,263 Time series [2nd of 247]
Container port traffic 5,598,110 TEU Time series [14th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 16 Time series [14th of 99]
Highways > Paved 94,871 km Time series [11th of 113]
Highways > Total 1,724,929 km Time series [2nd of 118]
Motor vehicles 81 motor vehicles per 100 p [70th of 134]
Pipelines
condensate/gas 244 km; gas 12,070 km; liquid petroleum gas 351 km; oil 5,214 km; refined products 4,410 km
Ports and harbors
Belem, Fortaleza, Ilheus, Imbituba, Manaus, Paranagua, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, Salvador, Santos, Vitoria
Ports and terminals
Guaiba, Ilha Grande, Paranagua, Rio Grande, Santos, Sao Sebastiao, Tubarao
Railways > Total 29,295 km Time series [9th of 220]
Roads, total network > km 1,751,868 km Time series [3rd of 172]
Roadways > Paved 96,353 km Time series [16th of 81]
Roadways > Total 1,751,868 km Time series [3rd of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 40-60
Transportation > Note
the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Atlantic Ocean as a significant risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen
Vehicle abundance 4.06 per square km [75th of 141]
Waterways 50,000 km Time series [1st of 165]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Republica Federativa do Brasil, Brasil

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