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| BRAZILIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Air transport, passengers carried
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37,661,730
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[11th of 164]
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Aircraft departures
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654,100 |
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[6th of 155]
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Airports
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4,263 |
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[2nd of 247]
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Container port traffic
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5,598,110 TEU
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[14th of 63]
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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Heliports
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16 |
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[14th of 99]
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Highways > Paved
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94,871 km |
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[11th of 113]
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Highways > Total
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1,724,929 km |
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[2nd of 118]
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Motor vehicles
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81 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[70th of 134]
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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 |
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Railways > Total
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29,295 km |
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[9th of 220]
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Roads, total network > km
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1,751,868 km
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[3rd of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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96,353 km |
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[16th of 81]
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Roadways > Total
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1,751,868 km |
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[3rd of 85]
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Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
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40-60 |
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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 |
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Vehicle abundance
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4.06 per square km |
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[75th of 141]
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Waterways
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50,000 km |
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[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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