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Transportation of Paraguay

Airports:881 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 12
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 869
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 325
under 914 m: 518 (2006)
Railways:total: 36 km
standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 29,500 km
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (1999)
Waterways:3,100 km (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 21 ships (1000 GRT or over) 34,749 GRT/39,280 DWT
by type: cargo 15, livestock carrier 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 3 (Argentina 3)
registered in other countries: 1 (Ecuador 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion

Paraguay Quickstats

  • Population: 6,669,086 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 406,750 sq km
  • Density: 15 /km² (192nd)
  • GDP (total): $28.342 billion (96th)
  • GDP (per capita): $4,555 (107th)
  • Literacy: 94%

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  • Currency: Guaran� (PYG)
  • Dial code: +595

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Paraguay Internet

  • Usage: 150,000
  • Penetration: 2.7 %
  • Top Domain: .pa

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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