Short facts about transportation in Tanzania
| 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) |
| Waterways: |
note: Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of
commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those
lakes |
| 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: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 21,987 GRT/27,121
DWT
ships by type: cargo 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker
2, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports: |
126 (2000
est.) |
| 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 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 115
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m:
63
under 914 m: 35 (2000 est.) | Source: World Factbook |
