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Transportation of South Africa

Airports:731 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 146
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 51
914 to 1,523 m: 67
under 914 m: 13 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 585
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 302
under 914 m: 249 (2006)
Pipelines:condensate 100 km; gas 1,062 km; oil 966 km; refined products 1,354 km (2006)
Railways:total: 20,872 km
narrow gauge: 20,436 km 1.065-m gauge (8,931 km electrified); 436 km 0.610-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 362,099 km
paved: 73,506 km (includes 239 km of expressways)
unpaved: 288,593 km (2002)
Merchant marine:total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 32,815 GRT/39,295 DWT
by type: container 1, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Denmark 1)
registered in other countries: 8 (Panama 3, UK 5) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Cape Town, Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay

South Africa Quickstats

  • Population: 43,997,828
  • Area: 1,219,912 sq km
  • Density: 39 /km² (163rd)
  • GDP (total): $570.2 billion (18th)
  • GDP (per capita): $12,161 (57th)
  • Literacy: 86.4%

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  • Currency: South African rand (ZAR)
  • Dial code: +27

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