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total: 3,519 km
narrow gauge: 3,519 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

total: 53,790 km
paved: 3,496 km (including 13 km of expressways)
unpaved: 50,294 km (2000 est.)

10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2004)

gas 4,860 km; liquid petroleum gas 47 km; oil 2,460 km; refined products 1,589 km; unknown (oil/water) 247 km (2003)

Puerto Aguirre (on the Paraguay/Parana waterway, at the Bolivia/Brazil border); also, Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay

total: 56 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 413,407 GRT/699,901 DWT
by type: bulk 3, cargo 26, chemical tanker 4, container 3, livestock carrier 1, multi-functional large load carrier 1, petroleum tanker 10, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea/passenger 3, specialized tanker 2
registered in other countries: 1 (2003 est.)
foreign-owned: Argentina 1, British Virgin Islands 1, Cambodia 1, China 1, Cyprus 1, Egypt 1, Eritrea 1, Germany 2, Greece 1, Hong Kong 1, Indonesia 1, Iran 1, Italy 2, Latvia 2, Panama 3, Romania 1, Russia 1, Saint Kitts and Nevis 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Saudi Arabia 2, Singapore 3, Syria 1, Turkey 1, United Kingdom 1, United States 3, Yemen 2

1,067 (2003 est.)

total: 13
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2003 est.)

total: 1,052
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 61
914 to 1,523 m: 210
under 914 m: 777 (2003 est.)

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