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• total: 2,761 km
• narrow gauge: 2,638 km 1.067-m gauge; 123 km 0.600-m gauge (2002)

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: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,311 GRT/48,924 DWT
• ships by type: cargo 7, petroleum tanker 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 243 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways:

• total: 32
• over 3,047 m: 4
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
• 914 to 1,523 m: 5
• under 914 m: 1 (2002 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

• total: 211 (2002)
• over 3,047 m: 2
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 30
• 914 to 1,523 m: 95
• under 914 m: 80 (2002 est.)

National Airline:

• TAAG Air Angola

Reference

This article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2003.