Railways

total: 584 km (248 km privately owned)
standard gauge: 584 km 1.435-m gauge

City with underground railway system: Caracas (El Metro, operated by C.A. Metro de Caracas (http://www.metrodecaracas.com.ve)) This page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. ... Cerro Avila, Caracas. ...

Railway links with adjoining countries

• Guyana - no
• Brazil - no
• Colombia - no

Highways

total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (1997 est.)

Waterways

7,100 km; Rio Orinoco and Lago de Maracaibo accept oceangoing vessels This page is about the Orinoco River, for the Aphra Behn novel see Oroonoko With a length of 2140 km, the Orinoco is one of the largest rivers of South America. ... Lake Maracaibo is a large body of water in northwestern Venezuela. ...

Pipelines

crude oil 6,370 km; petroleum products 480 km; natural gas 4,010 km

Ports and harbors

Atlantic Ocean

Other

Amuay, Bajo Grande, El Tablazo, La Guaira, La Salina, Maracaibo, Matanzas, Palua, Puerto Cabello, Puerto la Cruz, Puerto Ordaz, Puerto Sucre, Punta Cardon The city of Maracaibo, founded in 1571, is the capital of the State of Zulia and is Venezuelas second largest population center. ... Matanzas is the capital of the Cuban Province Matanzas. ... Puerto Ordaz is a town which, together with San Felix, forms part of Ciudad Guayana in the Caroní region of Bolivar State, Venezuela. ...

Merchant marine

total: 34 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 488,584 GRT/888,764 DWT
ships by type: bulk 5, cargo 10, combination bulk 1, liquified gas 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 7, roll-on/roll-off 7, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)

Airports

366 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 122
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 32
914 to 1,523 m: 58
under 914 m: 17 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 244
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 93
under 914 m: 141 (1999 est.)

Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

See also

• Venezuela