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Suriname vs. Guyana

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SurinameGuyana
Roadwaystotal: 4,304 km (2003)

paved: 1,119 km (2003)

unpaved: 3,185 km (2003)
total: 3,995 km (2019)

paved: 799 km (2019)

unpaved: 3,196 km (2019)
Waterways1,200 km (most navigable by ships with drafts up to 7 m) (2011)330 km (the Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo Rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km respectively) (2012)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Paramaribo, Wageningenmajor seaport(s): Georgetown
Merchant marinetotal: 10

by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 2 (2020)
total: 58

by type: general cargo 28, oil tanker 7, other 23 (2020)
Airportstotal: 55 (2013)total: 117 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 6 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

under 914 m: 5
total: 11 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017)

under 914 m: 8 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 49 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2013)

under 914 m: 45 (2013)
total: 106 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 16 (2013)

under 914 m: 89 (2013)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixPZ8R

Source: CIA Factbook