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Africa > Zambia > Transportation

ZAMBIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 4,900 [115th of 155]
Ports and harbors Mpulungu
Ports and terminals Mpulungu
Rail lines > total route-km 1,273 km ... [62nd of 111]
Railways > A note
the total includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to the Zambia Railways system; TAZARA is not a part of the Zambia Railways system; Zambia Railways assets are scheduled for concessioning (2002)
Railways > Narrow gauge 2,173 km 1.067-m gauge
Railways > Note
includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) (2005)
Railways > Total 2,173 km [73rd of 134]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 554 million ton-km ... [61st of 84]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 186 million passenger-km ... [56th of 83]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 22 % ... [44th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 91,440 km ... [26th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 20,117 km [65th of 205]
Roadways > Total 91,440 km [50th of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 71,323 km [30th of 175]
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 58.23 % ... [46th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 13.3 % ... [124th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 0.61 per square km [111st of 141]
Waterways 2,250 km [40th of 106]
Waterways > A note
includes Lake Tanganyika and the Zambezi and Luapula rivers

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SOURCES: 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: Zambia, Republic of Zambia

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