Tanzania Transportation 1996

Railroads:

total:

2,600 km; note - not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation is the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New Kapiri M'poshi in Zambia; 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways

narrow gauge:

2,600 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:

total:

81,900 km

paved:

3,600 km

unpaved:

gravel, crushed stone 5,600 km; improved, unimproved earth 72,700 km

Inland waterways:

Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa

Pipelines:

crude oil 982 km

Ports:

Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Lindi, Mkoani, Mtwara, Musoma, Mwanza, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar

Merchant marine:

total:

7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 29,145 GRT/39,186 DWT

ships by type:

cargo 3, oil tanker 1, passenger-cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1

Airports:

total:

108

with paved runways over 3,047 m:

with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:

with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

with paved runways under 914 m:

with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m:

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

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