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South America > Uruguay > Transportation

URUGUAYAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 586,458 Time series [99th of 164]
Aircraft departures 9,600 [95th of 155]
Airports 60 Time series [84th of 247]
Container port traffic 301,641 TEU Time series [61st of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 8,081 km Time series [41st of 113]
Highways > Total 8,983 km Time series [75th of 118]
Motor vehicles 174 motor vehicles per 100 p [44th of 134]
Pipelines gas 257 km; oil 160 km Time series
Ports and harbors
Colonia, Fray Bentos, Juan La Caze, La Paloma, Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Paysandu, Punta del Este, Piriapolis
Ports and terminals Montevideo Time series
Railways > Standard gauge 2,073 km Time series [33rd of 64]
Railways > Total 2,073 km Time series [72nd of 220]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 168.71 million ton-km Time series [57th of 84]
Roads, total network > km 60,000 km Time series [34th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 7,743 km Time series [53rd of 81]
Roadways > Total 77,732 km Time series [36th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 69,989 km Time series [19th of 79]
Vehicle abundance 4.4 per square km [72nd of 141]
Waterways 1,600 km Time series [36th of 165]

... View all Transportation stats

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; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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