Transport in Mozambique
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[edit] Railways
total: 3,123 km
narrow gauge: 2,983 km 1.067-m gauge;
narrow gauge: 140 km 0.762-m gauge (2005)
- The railways do not all interconnect.
[edit] Railway links to adjacent countries
Malawi expected to be operative by 2009
South Africa under repair
Swaziland yes - same gauge - 1067mm
Tanzania no direct link - break of gauge 1067mm/1000mm
Zambia link under construction (2005)
Zimbabwe yes, from Beira
[edit] Maps
[edit] Towns served by railways
[edit] Nacala system
(northernmost)
- Cuamba - junction
- Nampula - workshops
- Lichinga - railhead
- Malema - way station
- Nacala - deep water port
- Nampula - waystation
- Nayuchi - Malawi - border town.
[edit] Zambezi system
[edit] Central system
( Zambezi valley )
- Beira - port
- Dondo - junction
- Manica - border
- Vila de Sena - bridge over Zambezi River - junction
- Inhaminga
- Villa Fontes
- Moatize - coal mines
- Tete - branch terminus
- Marromeu
- Muanza
- Cheringoma
- Nsanje - border with Malawi
- Vila Nova da Fronteira
- Nhamalabue - junction
- Caia
- Inhamitanga - junction
- Marromeu - branch terminus
[edit] Southern system
- Magude
- Macarretane - river crossing
- Maputo - port
- Matola - coal export port
- Salamanga - branch terminus
[edit] Southeast
[edit] Other
[edit] Highways
total: 30,400 km
paved: 5,685 km
unpaved: 24,715 km (1996 est.)
[edit] Waterways
3,750 km (navigable routes)
[edit] Pipelines
crude oil 306 km; petroleum products 289 km
note: none of the pipelines are operating
[edit] Ports and harbors
[edit] Indian Ocean
- Beira - railhead for Zimbabwe via the Beira Railroad Corporation
- Inhambane
- Maputo - railhead for South Africa
- Nacala - railhead for Malawi with deep water port.
- Pemba
- Quelimane
[edit] Merchant marine
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,125 GRT/7,024 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 2 (2002 est.)
[edit] Airports
158 (2006)
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
total: 22
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 5 (2006)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 136
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 34
under 914 m: 87 (2006)
[edit] See also
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
