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    South Africa Transportation - 2006

    https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/south_africa/south_africa_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      728 (2005)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 146
      over 3,047 m: 10
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 51
      914 to 1,523 m: 67
      under 914 m: 13 (2005)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 582
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
      914 to 1,523 m: 300
      under 914 m: 248 (2005)

      Pipelines:
      condensate 100 km; gas 1,052 km; oil 847 km; refined products 1,354 km (2004)

      Railways:
      total: 20,872 km
      narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (10,436 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge
      note: includes a 1,210 km commuter rail system (2004)

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

      Merchant marine:
      total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 32,815 GRT/39,295 DWT
      by type: container 1, petroleum tanker 2
      foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1)
      registered in other countries: 8 (Panama 3, Seychelles 1, UK 4) (2005)

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


      NOTE: The information regarding South Africa on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of South Africa Transportation 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about South Africa Transportation 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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