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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	2.36 million tons/km		[112nd of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	262,534		[120th of 164]
Aircraft departures	4,500		[119th of 155]
Airports	124		[47th of 247]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Highways > Paved	3,704 km		[59th of 113]
Highways > Total	88,200 km		[24th of 118]
Pipelines	gas 287 km; oil 891 km
Ports and harbors Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar
Ports and terminals	Dar es Salaam
Railways > Total	3,690 km		[44th of 220]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km	1,196 million ton-km		[59th of 84]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km	628 million passenger-km		[59th of 83]
Roads, total network > km	78,891 km		[35th of 172]
Roadways > Paved	6,808 km		[48th of 81]
Roadways > Total	78,891 km		[27th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved	72,083 km		[10th of 79]
Transportation > Note the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Indian Ocean are high 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	0.16 per square km		[131st of 141]
Waterways > A note Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes

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