Mozambique Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 3,131 km
narrow gauge: 2,988 km 1.067-m gauge; 143 km 0.762-m gauge (1994)

Highways
total: 29,810 km
paved: 5,545 km
unpaved : 24,265 km (1995 est.)
note: highway traffic impeded by land mines not removed at end of civil war

Waterways about 3,750 km of navigable routes

Pipelines crude oil (not operating) 306 km; petroleum products 289 km

Ports and harbors Beira, Inhambane, Maputo, Nacala, Pemba

Merchant marine
total : 4 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,694 GRT/9,724 DWT (1996est.)

Airports 129 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 85
over 3,047 m : 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m : 10
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 65 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 44
1,524 to 2,437 m : 12
914 to 1,523 m: 32 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Mozambique on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mozambique Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mozambique Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.