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Transportation of Uruguay

Airports:64 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 8
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 56
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 22
under 914 m: 31 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 257 km; oil 160 km (2006)
Railways:total: 2,073 km
standard gauge: 2,073 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 461 km have been taken out of service and 460 km are in partial use (2006)
Roadways:total: 77,732 km
paved: 7,743 km
unpaved: 69,989 km (2004)
Waterways:1,600 km (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 13 ships (1000 GRT or over) 34,259 GRT/19,725 DWT
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 4 (Argentina 3, Greece 1)
registered in other countries: 8 (Argentina 1, Bahamas 2, Liberia 3, Spain 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Montevideo, Nueva Palmira, Fray Bentos, Colonia, Juan Lacaze

Uruguay Quickstats

  • Population: 3,460,607 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 176,220 sq km
  • Density: 19 /km² (156th)
  • GDP (total): $33.98 billion (96th)
  • GDP (per capita): $9,900 (88th)
  • Literacy: 98%

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  • Currency: Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
  • Dial code: +598

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