| Transportation | Venezuela |
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Railways:
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total: 806 km
standard gauge: 806 km 1.435-m gauge (41 km electrified) (2010) |
Transportation - note:
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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:
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total: 96,155 km
paved: 32,308 km
unpaved: 63,847 km (2002) |
Waterways:
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7,100 km (the Orinoco River (400 km) and Lake de Maracaibo are navigable by oceangoing vessels) (2010) |
Pipelines:
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extra heavy crude 980 km; gas 5,347 km; oil 6,694 km; refined products 1,620 km (2010) |
Ports and terminals:
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La Guaira, Maracaibo, Puerto Cabello, Punta Cardon
oil terminals: Jose terminal |
Merchant marine:
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total: 59
by type: bulk carrier 5, cargo 15, chemical tanker 5, liquefied gas 5, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 12, petroleum tanker 16
foreign-owned: 10 (Denmark 1, Estonia 1, Germany 1, Greece 4, Mexico 1, Norway 1, Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 9 (Panama 8, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2010) |
Airports:
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409 (2010) |
Airports density:
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67,570 people per Airport |
Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 129
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 63
under 914 m: 17 (2010) |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 280
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 91
under 914 m: 172 (2010) |
Heliports:
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4 (2010) |
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