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Introduction - Uruguay: | Location - Uruguay: | People - Uruguay: | Government - Uruguay: | Economy - Uruguay: | Communications - Uruguay: | Transportation - Uruguay: | Airports | 64 (2006) | | Airports with paved runways | total: 8
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2006) | | Airports with unpaved runways | total: 56
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 22
under 914 m: 31 (2006) | | Pipelines | gas 257 km; oil 160 km (2006) | | Railways | total: 2,073 km
standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in partial use (2006) | | Roadways | total: 77,732 km
paved: 7,743 km
unpaved: 69,989 km (2004) | | Waterways | 1,600 km (2005) | | Merchant marine | total: 13 ships (1000 GRT or over) 34,259 GRT/19,725 DWT
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 4 (Argentina 3, Greece 1)
registered in other countries: 8 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 2, Liberia 3, Spain 2) (2006) | | Ports and terminals | Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Fray Bentos, Colonia, Juan Lacaze | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |