Paraguay Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 971 km
standard gauge: 441 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge : 60 km 1.000-m gauge
other gauge: 470 km various gauges (privately owned)

Highways
total : 28,900 km
paved: 2,717 km
unpaved: 26,183 km (1995 est.)

Waterways 3,100 km

Ports and harbors Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion

Merchant marine
total : 19 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 25,379 GRT/32,510 DWT
ships by type: cargo 14, chemical tanker 1, oil tanker 3, roll-on/roll-off 1 (1996est.)

Airports 725 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 436
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m : 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 427 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 289
1,524 to 2,437 m : 22
914 to 1,523 m: 267 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Paraguay 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 Paraguay Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Paraguay Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.