Angola/Transportation

• total: 2,952 km (inland, much of the track is unusable because of land mines still in place from the civil war)
• narrow gauge: 2,798 km 1.067-m gauge; 154 km 0.600-m gauge (1997)

Highways:

• total: 76,626 km
• paved: 19,156 km
• unpaved: 57,470 km (1997 est.)

Waterways: 1,295 km navigable

Pipelines: crude oil 179 km

Ports and harbors: Ambriz, Cabinda, Lobito, Luanda, Malongo, Namibe, Porto Amboim, Soyo

Merchant marine:

• total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 39,305 GRT/63,067 DWT
• ships by type: cargo 8, petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)

Airports: 249 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:

• total: 32
• over 3,047 m: 4
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
• 914 to 1,523 m: 7
• under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

• total: 217
• over 3,047 m: 2
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 31
• 914 to 1,523 m: 96
• under 914 m: 83 (1999 est.)

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