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''total:''
3,691 km (single track)

''narrow gauge:''
  • 3,652 km 1.000-m gauge;

  • 39 km 0.760-m gauge (13 km electrified) (1995)

  • the eastern and western networks are joined only via Argentina, dues to slow progress on a direct link.



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HIGHWAYS


''total:''
52,216 km

''paved:''
2,872 km (including 27 km of expressways)

''unpaved:''
49,344 km (1995 est.)

Waterways:
10,000 km of commercially navigable waterways


PIPELINES

Crude Oil 1,800 km; Petroleum products 580 km; Natural Gas 1,495 km


PORTS AND HARBORS


none; however, Bolivia has free port privileges in the maritime ports of Argentina , Brazil , Chile , and Paraguay .


MERCHANT MARINE



''total:''
32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 116,373 GRT/182,283 DWT

''ships by type:''
bulk 3, cargo 17, chemical tanker 3, container 1, petroleum tanker 6, roll-on/roll-off 2 (1999 est.)


AIRPORTS

1,109 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

''total:''
13

''over 3,047 m:''
4

''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
3

''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
4

''914 to 1,523 m:''
2 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

''total:''
1,096

''2,438 to 3,047 m:''
3

''1,524 to 2,437 m:''
67

''914 to 1,523 m:''
219

''under 914 m:''
807 (1999 est.)


REFERENCES

''This article was adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.''