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Introduction - Brazil: | Location - Brazil: | People - Brazil: | Government - Brazil: | Economy - Brazil: | Communications - Brazil: | Transportation - Brazil: | Airports | 4,276 (2006) | | Airports with paved runways | total: 714
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 24
1,524 to 2,437 m: 164
914 to 1,523 m: 464
under 914 m: 54 (2006) | | Airports with unpaved runways | total: 3,562
1,524 to 2,437 m: 81
914 to 1,523 m: 1,634
under 914 m: 1,847 (2006) | | Heliports | 417 (2006) | | Pipelines | condensate/gas 244 km; gas 11,669 km; liquid petroleum gas 341 km; oil 5,212 km; refined products 4,755 km (2006) | | Railways | total: 29,295 km
broad gauge: 4,932 km 1.600-m gauge (939 km electrified)
standard gauge: 194 km 1.440-m gauge
narrow gauge: 23,773 km 1.000-m gauge (581 km electrified)
dual gauge: 396 km 1.000 m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (78 km electrified) (2006) | | Roadways | total: 1,751,868 km
paved: 96,353 km
unpaved: 1,655,515 km (2004) | | Waterways | 50,000 km (most in areas remote from industry and population) (2007) | | Merchant marine | total: 137 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,038,923 GRT/3,057,820 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 21, cargo 21, chemical tanker 8, container 8, liquefied gas 12, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 47, roll on/roll off 8
foreign-owned: 15 (Chile 1, Germany 7, Norway 2, Spain 4, UK 1)
registered in other countries: 5 (Ghana 1, Liberia 3, Marshall Islands 1) (2006) | | Ports and terminals | Gebig, Itaqui, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande, San Sebasttiao, Santos, Sepetiba Terminal, Tubarao, Vitoria | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |