Tanzania Transportation 1997

Railways
total : 3,569 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,600 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge
note: the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which operates 1,860km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and New Kapiri Mposhiin Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia) is nota part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge,this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways

Highways
total: 88,000 km
paved: 3,696 km
unpaved : 84,304 km (1994 est.)

Waterways Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa

Pipelines crude oil 982 km

Ports and harbors Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Lindi, Mkoani, Mtwara, Musoma, Mwanza,Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar

Merchant marine
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 30,371 GRT/41,269 DWT
ships by type: cargo 3, oil tanker 2, passenger-cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1996est.)

Airports 110 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 39
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m : 6
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 28 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 71
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m : 56 (1996 est.)

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