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Railways:
 | total: 682 km standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
Transportation - note:
 | the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Caribbean Sea as a significant risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous vessels, including commercial shipping and pleasure craft, have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen |
Roadways:
 | total: 96,155 km paved: 32,308 km unpaved: 63,847 km (2002) |
Waterways:
 | 7,100 km note: Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo navigable by oceangoing vessels (2008) |
Pipelines:
 | extra heavy crude 980 km; gas 5,036 km; oil 6,695 km; refined products 1,484 km; unknown 141 km (2008) |
Ports and terminals:
 | La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon |
Merchant marine:
 | total: 62 by type: bulk carrier 9, cargo 16, chemical tanker 3, liquefied gas 5, passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 2 foreign-owned: 12 (Chile 1, Denmark 1, Greece 3, Mexico 5, Panama 1, Spain 1) registered in other countries: 12 (Bahamas 1, Panama 10, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2008) |
Airports:
 | 402 (2008) |
Airports density:
 | 66,704 people per Airport |
Airports - with paved runways:
 | total: 131 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 9 1,524 to 2,437 m: 35 914 to 1,523 m: 64 under 914 m: 18 (2008) |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
 | total: 271 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16 914 to 1,523 m: 102 under 914 m: 152 (2008) |
Heliports:
 | 2 (2007) |
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This page was last updated on 29 June, 2009 |
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