Transportation in Tunisia

Railways:
total: 2,152 km
standard gauge: 468 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified)
dual gauge: 10 km 1.000-m and 1.435-m gauges (three rails) (2002)

Rail links to adjacent countries: Algeria unknown; Libya no (2004).

Highways:
total: 18,997 km
paved: 12,310 km
unpaved: 6,687 km (2000)
Waterways: none

Pipelines: gas 3,059 km; oil 1,203 km; refined products 345 km (2003)

Ports and harbors: Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis, Zarzis

Merchant marine:
total: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 139,990 GRT/148,394 DWT
ships by type: bulk 2, cargo 3, chemical tanker 3, liquified gas 1, petroleum tanker 1, short-sea passenger 3, specialized tanker 1 (2002 est.)

Airports: 30 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 16
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 7 (2002)

See also : Tunisia

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