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Transportation of Mozambique

Airports:158 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 22
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 5 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 136
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 34
under 914 m: 87 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 918 km; refined products 294 km (2006)
Railways:total: 3,123 km
narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge; 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km
unpaved: 24,715 km (1999)
Waterways:460 km (Zambezi River navigable to Tete and along Cahora Bassa Lake) (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,964 GRT/5,324 DWT
by type: cargo 2
foreign-owned: 2 (Belgium 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Beira, Maputo, Nacala

Mozambique Quickstats

  • Population: 20,905,585
  • Area: 801,590 sq km
  • Density: 25 /km² (178th)
  • GDP (total): $27.013 billion (100th)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,389 (158th)
  • Literacy: 47.8%

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  • Currency: Mozambican metical (Mtn) (MZN)
  • Dial code: +258

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