South Africa Transportation 2009, CIA World Factbook




South Africa Transportation 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/south_africa/south_africa_transportation.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Airports:
636 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 146
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 52
914 to 1,523 m: 66
under 914 m: 13 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 490
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 31
914 to 1,523 m: 312
under 914 m: 145 (2008)

Heliports:
1 (2007)

Pipelines:
condensate 11 km; gas 908 km; oil 980 km; refined products 1,379 km (2008)

Railways:
total: 20,872 km
narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:
total: 362,099 km
paved: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways)
unpaved: 288,593 km (2002)

Merchant marine:
total: 3
by type: container 1, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1)
registered in other countries: 8 (Bahamas 1, Nigeria 1, NZ 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Seychelles 1, UK 3) (2008)

Ports and terminals:
Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay

NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa Transportation 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa Transportation 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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