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Africa > Tanzania > Transportation

TANZANIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 2.36 million tons/km Time series [112nd of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 262,534 Time series [120th of 164]
Aircraft departures 4,500 [119th of 155]
Airports 124 Time series [47th of 247]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Highways > Paved 3,704 km Time series [59th of 113]
Highways > Total 88,200 km Time series [24th of 118]
Pipelines gas 287 km; oil 891 km Time series
Ports and harbors
Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar
Ports and terminals Dar es Salaam Time series
Railways > Total 3,690 km Time series [44th of 220]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 1,196 million ton-km Time series [59th of 84]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 628 million passenger-km Time series [59th of 83]
Roads, total network > km 78,891 km Time series [35th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 6,808 km Time series [48th of 81]
Roadways > Total 78,891 km Time series [27th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 72,083 km Time series [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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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; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania, united rep. of tanzania, Tanzania, U. Rep. of

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