Transport in Mozambique
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Railways [edit]
total: 3,123 km
narrow gauge: 2,983 km of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge;
narrow gauge: 140 km of 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge (2005)
- The railways do not all interconnect.
Standards [edit]
Maps [edit]
Timeline [edit]
2008 [edit]
- Two refurbished and regauged locomotives to be supplied by India's Golden Rock. [1] The ABC Couplers were also converted to Centre Buffer Coupler (AAR) [2]
Towns served by railways [edit]
Highways [edit]
total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km
unpaved: 24,715 km (1996 est.)
Waterways [edit]
3,750 km (navigable routes)
Pipelines [edit]
crude oil 306 km; petroleum products 289 km
note: none of the pipelines are operating
Ports and harbors [edit]
Indian Ocean [edit]
- Beira - railhead for Zimbabwe via the Beira Railroad Corporation
- Inhambane
- Maputo - railhead for South Africa
- Nacala - railhead for Malawi with deep water port.
- Pemba
- Quelimane
- Matutuine - new coal port approved October 2009 [4] in the far south.
Merchant marine [edit]
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,125 GRT/7,024 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 2 (2002 est.)
Airports [edit]
158 (2006)
The main airport in the country is Maputo International Airport, which is also the hub of Mozambique's flag carrier, LAM Mozambique Airlines.
Airports - with paved runways [edit]
total: 22
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 5 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways [edit]
total: 136
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 34
under 914 m: 87 (2006)
See also [edit]
References [edit]
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