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Peru Transportation Profile 2013

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Railways

total: 1,906 km
standard gauge: 1,772 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 134 km 0.914-m gauge (2010)

Roadways

total: 137,327 km
note: includes 26,017 km of national roads, 28,843 km of departmental roads, and 82,467 km of local roads (2007)

Waterways

8,808 km (there are 8,600 km of navigable tributaries on the Amazon system and 208 km on Lago Titicaca) (2011)

Pipelines

extra heavy crude 533 km; gas 1,526 km; liquid petroleum gas 679 km; oil 1,033 km; refined products 15 km (2010)

Ports and terminals

Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries
oil terminals: Conchan oil terminal, La Pampilla oil terminal

Merchant marine

total: 22
by type: cargo 2, chemical tanker 5, liquefied gas 2, petroleum tanker 13
foreign-owned: 8 (Chile 6, Ecuador 1, Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 9 (Panama 9) (2010)

Airports

191 (2012)

Airports - with paved runways

total: 58
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 21
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 4 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 133
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 19
914 to 1,523 m: 30
under 914 m: 83 (2012)

Heliports

4 (2012)

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Source: CIA World Factbook
Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of February 21, 2013