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Tanzania Transportation 2013
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Page last updated on February 11, 2013

Airports:
106 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 52
[see also: Airports country ranks ]

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 11
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 95
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 58
under 914 m: 18 (2012)

Pipelines:
gas 254 km; oil 888 km; refined products 8 km (2010)
[see also: Pipelines country ranks ]

Railways:
total: 3,689 km
country comparison to the world: 45
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,720 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
[see also: Railways country ranks ]

Roadways:
total: 91,049 km
country comparison to the world: 51
paved: 6,578 km
unpaved: 84,471 km (2007)
[see also: Roadways country ranks ]

Waterways:
(Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) are the principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; the rivers are not navigable) (2011)
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]

Merchant marine:
total: 94
country comparison to the world: 52
by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 66, carrier 4, chemical tanker 1, container 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 10, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 42 (Japan 1, Romania 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Syria 23, Turkey 13, UAE 3)
registered in other countries: 3 (Panama 2, UK 1) (2010)
[see also: Merchant marine country ranks ]

Ports and terminals:
Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar

Transportation - note:
the International Maritime Bureau reports that shipping in territorial and offshore waters in the Indian Ocean remain at risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships, especially as Somali-based pirates extend their activities south; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen


NOTE: The information regarding Tanzania on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tanzania Transportation 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tanzania Transportation 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.



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