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Railways:

''total:''
166 km (single track)

''standard gauge:''
80 km 1.435-m gauge

''narrow gauge:''
86 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:

''total:''
4,530 km

''paved:''
1,178 km

''unpaved:''
3,352 km (1996 est.)

Driving is on the left.

Waterways:
1,200 km; most important means of transport; oceangoing vessels with drafts ranging up to 7 m can navigate many of the principal waterways

Ports and harbours:
Albina, Moengo, New Nickerie, Paramaribo, Paranam, Wageningen

Merchant marine:

''total:''
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,432 GRT/4,525 DWT

''ships by type:''
cargo 1, container 1, petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)

Airports:
46 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

''total:''
5

''over 3,047 m:''
1

''914 to 1,523 m:''
1

''under 914 m:''
3 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

''total:''
41

''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
1

''914 to 1,523 m:''
5

''under 914 m:''
35 (1999 est.)

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