Transportation of Tanzania
Airports: | 124 (2006) |
Airports - with paved runways: | total: 11 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2006) |
Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 113 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 914 to 1,523 m: 62 under 914 m: 33 (2006) |
Pipelines: | gas 254 km; oil 872 km (2006) |
Railways: | total: 3,690 km narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways: | total: 78,891 km paved: 6,808 km unpaved: 72,083 km (2003) |
Waterways: | Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable (2005) |
Merchant marine: | total: 9 ships (1000 GRT or over) 24,801 GRT/31,507 DWT by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 4 registered in other countries: 2 (Honduras 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1) (2006) |
Ports and terminals: | Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Zanzibar City |