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Transportation of Tanzania

Airports:124 (2006)
Airports - with 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 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 113
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 62
under 914 m: 33 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 254 km; oil 872 km (2006)
Railways:total: 3,690 km
narrow gauge: 969 km 1.067-m gauge; 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 78,891 km
paved: 6,808 km
unpaved: 72,083 km (2003)
Waterways:Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, and Lake Nyasa principal avenues of commerce with neighboring countries; rivers not navigable (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 9 ships (1000 GRT or over) 24,801 GRT/31,507 DWT
by type: cargo 1, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 4
registered in other countries: 2 (Honduras 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Dar es Salaam, Mtwara, Zanzibar City

Tanzania Quickstats

  • Population: 39,384,223
  • Area: 945,087 sq km
  • Density: 41 /km² (159th)
  • GDP (total): $27.12 billion (99th)
  • GDP (per capita): $27.12 billion (99th)
  • Literacy: 69.4%

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  • Currency: Tanzanian shilling (TZS)
  • Dial code: +255²[¹]

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Tanzania Internet

  • Usage: 333,000
  • Penetration: 0.9 %
  • Top Domain: .tz

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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