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Introduction - Venezuela: | Location - Venezuela: | People - Venezuela: | Government - Venezuela: | Economy - Venezuela: | Communications - Venezuela: | Transportation - Venezuela: | Airports | 375 (2006) | | Airports with paved runways | total: 129
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 11
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 60
under 914 m: 19 (2006) | | Airports with unpaved runways | total: 246
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 90
under 914 m: 147 (2006) | | Heliports | 1 (2006) | | Pipelines | extra heavy crude oil 992 km; gas 5,369 km; oil 7,607 km; refined products 1,681 km; unknown (oil/water) 141 km (2006) | | Railways | total: 682 km
standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) | | Roadways | total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (1999) | | Waterways | 7,100 km
note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2005) | | Merchant marine | total: 56 ships (1000 GRT or over) 824,941 GRT/1,327,924 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 7, cargo 10, chemical tanker 2, container 1, liquefied gas 6, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 18
foreign-owned: 13 (Denmark 3, Greece 3, India 1, Mexico 3, Panama 1, Russia 1, Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 15 (Bahamas 1, Panama 14) (2006) | | Ports and terminals | Amuay, La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |