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Transportation in Venezuela

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Railways: total: 682 km standard gauge: 682 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Highways:

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 harbors:

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 - 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)