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South America > Venezuela > Transportation

VENEZUELAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Motor vehicles 110 motor vehicles per 100 p [61st of 134]
Ports and harbors
Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon
Ports and terminals
Amuay, La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon
Rail lines > total route-km 682 km ... [89th of 111]
Railways > A note
248 km of the existing system are privately owned; passenger services are nonexistent; however, a National Railways Plan, intended to provide a significant railway system, has been initiated (2001)
Railways > Standard gauge 682 km 1.435-m gauge [47th of 63]
Railways > Total 682 km [104th of 134]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 32 million ton-km ... [75th of 84]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 0.15 million passenger-km ... [61st of 83]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 33.6 % ... [79th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 96,155 km ... [33rd of 172]
Roadways > Paved 32,308 km [58th of 205]
Roadways > Total 96,155 km [44th of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 63,847 km [34th of 175]
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 51.69 % ... [55th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 24.4 % ... [67th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 5.17 per square km [68th of 141]
Waterways 7,100 km [20th of 106]
Waterways > A note
Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels
Waterways > Note
Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2005)

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SOURCES: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela, Venezuela, RB

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