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Transportation in Tanzania
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania
Population: 36,588,225 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Dar es Salaam
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Tabular Data - Transportation in Tanzania

Railways : total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Highways : total: 88,200 km
paved: 3,704 km
unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.)
Waterways : Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable (2004)
Pipelines : gas 5 km; oil 866 km (2003)
Ports And Harbors : Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar
Merchant Marine : total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 25,481 GRT/31,011 DWT
by type: cargo 3, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea/passenger 1
registered in other countries: 5 (2003 est.)
Airports : 123 (2003 est.)
Airports w/Paved Runways : total: 11
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2003 est.)
Airports w/Unpaved Runways : total: 112
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 60
under 914 m: 33 (2003 est.)

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Data Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2004 World Factbook