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Africa > South Africa > Transportation

SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 11,844,660 Time series [28th of 164]
Aircraft departures 122,300 [28th of 155]
Definition: Transportation > Aircraft departures
Airports 728 Time series [10th of 247]
Definition: Transportation > Airports
Container port traffic 2,867,909 TEU Time series [25th of 63]
Definition: Transportation > Container port traffic
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right
Heliports 1 Time series [67th of 99]
Definition: Transportation > Heliports
Highways > Paved 73,506 km Time series [14th of 113]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Paved
Highways > Total 362,099 km Time series [7th of 118]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total
Motor vehicles 146 motor vehicles per 100 p [54th of 134]
Definition: Transportation > Motor vehicles
Pipelines
condensate 100 km; gas 1,177 km; oil 992 km; refined products 1,379 km
Definition: Transportation > Pipelines
Ports and harbors
Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha
Definition: Transportation > Ports and harbors
Ports and terminals
Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay
Definition: Transportation > Ports and terminals
Railways > Total 20,872 km Time series [13th of 220]
Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 108,513 million ton-km Time series [9th of 84]
Definition: Transportation > Railways, goods transported > million ton-km
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 434 million ton-km Time series [24th of 52]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
Roads, total network > km 364,131 km Time series [11th of 172]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km
Roadways > Paved 73,506 km Time series [13th of 81]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved
Roadways > Total 362,099 km Time series [6th of 85]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 60
Definition: Transportation > Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns
Vehicle abundance 9.14 per square km [55th of 141]
Definition: Transportation > Vehicle abundance

... 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; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA

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