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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	6.8 million tons/km		[110th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	445,854		[111st of 164]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Aircraft departures	8,200		[100th of 155]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports	838		[9th of 247]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Paved	14,986 km		[2nd of 113]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Total	29,500 km		[2nd of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	63 motor vehicles per 100 p		[73rd of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and harbors Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and terminals Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Rail lines > total route-km	441 km		[99th of 111]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Standard gauge	36 km		[57th of 64]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Railways > Total	36 km		[129th of 220]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	29,500 km		[74th of 172]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Paved	14,986 km		[9th of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	29,500 km		[11th of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Unpaved	14,514 km		[10th of 79]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international unruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and drug trafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	0.78 per square km		[107th of 141]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001
Waterways	3,100 km		[10th of 165]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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