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Introduction - South Africa: | Location - South Africa: | People - South Africa: | Government - South Africa: | Economy - South Africa: | Communications - South Africa: | Transportation - South Africa: | Airports | 731 (2006) | | 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 (2006) | | Airports with unpaved runways | total: 585
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 302
under 914 m: 249 (2006) | | Pipelines | condensate 100 km; gas 1,062 km; oil 966 km; refined products 1,354 km (2006) | | 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 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, UK 5) (2006) | | Ports and terminals | Cape Town, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |