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 1,860 km of
1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in
Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia) is not a
part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge,
this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways
Highways:
total:
88,200 km
paved:
3,704 km
unpaved:
84,496 km (1996 est.)
Waterways:
Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa
Pipelines:
crude oil 982 km
Ports and harbors:
Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza,
Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar
Merchant marine:
total:
7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 20,618 GRT/26,321 DWT
ships by type:
cargo 2, oil tanker 2, passenger-cargo 2, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 (1998
est.)
Airports:
129 (1998 est.)
Airportswith paved runways:
total:
10
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
2
1,524 to 2,437 m:
5
914 to 1,523 m:
1
under 914 m:
1 (1998 est.)
Airportswith unpaved runways:
total:
119
over 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
18
914 to 1,523 m:
65
under 914 m:
35 (1998 est.)