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Railways: total: 3,690 km narrow gauge: 2,721 km 1.000-m gauge; 969 km 1.067-m gauge (2002) Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) [1] (http://www.trctz.com/networkmain.htm) Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA): operates 1,860 km of 1.067-m narrow gauge track between Dar es Salaam and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia (of which 969 km are in Tanzania and 891 km are in Zambia); is not a part of Tanzania Railways Corporation; because of the difference in gauge, this system does not connect to Tanzania Railways [2] (http://www.tazara.co.tz/level0/network/main.html) Highways: total: 88,200 km paved: 3,704 km unpaved: 84,496 km (1999 est.) Waterways: Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, Lake Nyasa are principal avenues of commerce between Tanzania and its neighbors on those lakes Pipelines: gas 5 km; oil 866 km (2003) Ports and harbors: Bukoba, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Kilwa Masoko, Lindi, Mtwara, Mwanza, Pangani, Tanga, Wete, Zanzibar Merchant marine: total: 10 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 30,781 GRT/33,805 DWT ships by type: cargo 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (2002 est.) Airports: 123 (2002) Airports - with paved runways: total:11 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2002 est.) Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 112 1,524 to 2,437 m: 18 914 to 1,523 m: 60 under 914 m: 34 (2002)

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