Zambia Transportation 1997

Railways
total: 2,164 km (1995)
narrow gauge: 2,164 km 1.067-m gauge (13 km double track)
note: the total includes 891 km of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA),which operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaamand New Kapiri Mposhi where it connects to the Zambia Railways system; TAZARAis not a part of Zambia Railways

Highways
total: 37,359 km
paved: 6,575 km (including 56 km of expressways)
unpaved: 30,784 km (1993 est.)

Waterways 2,250 km, including Zambezi and Luapula rivers, Lake Tanganyika

Pipelines crude oil 1,724 km

Ports and harbors Mpulungu

Airports 103 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 42
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m : 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 32 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 61
2,438 to 3,047 m : 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 56 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Zambia on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Zambia Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zambia Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.