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Transportation in Panama is fairly well developed. The majority of the trips are done by car while a great part in public transport. The public transportation system is in need of modernization and other improvements.
Main articles: Rail transport in Panama, Panama Railway
total: 355 km
broad gauge: 0 km 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge (2000) converted to standard gauge
standard gauge: 76 km 4 ft 8½ in (1,435 mm) gauge (2000) converted from broad gauge
narrow gauge: 279 km 3 ft (914 mm) gauge
Railway links to adjacent countries
(from North to South)
 FERISTSA Railway would connect Mexico with Panama - 1435mm gauge. [1]
total: 11,258 km
paved: 3,783 km (including 30 km of expressways)
unpaved: 7,475 km (1999 est.)
Highways are somewhat well developed for Central America. In Panama City are 6 highways working being that the Panama-Arraijan Bridge of the Americas, Panama-Arraijan Centennial Bridge, Arraijan-Chorrera, Corredor Norte, Corredor Sur, and Autopista Alberto Motta
800 km navigable by shallow draft vessels; 82 km Panama Canal
crude oil 130 km
Other
total: 5,005 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 122,960,929 GRT/183,615,337 metric tons of deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (June 2005 Update est.)
note: a flag of convenience registry; includes ships from 71 countries among which are (2005 update)
Foreign Owned Ships: 4,388
- (Andorra 1
- Argentina 9
- Australia 3
- Bahamas 1
- Belgium 14
- Brazil 1
- Canada 1
- Chile 14
- China 310
- Colombia 5
- Croatia 1
- Cuba 9
- Cyprus 7
- Denmark 13
- Egypt 15
- France 7
- Germany 23
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- Greece 546
- Hong Kong 159
- India 8
- Indonesia 46
- Ireland 1
- Isle of Man 2
- Israel 3
- Italy 8
- Japan 1814
- Jordan 9
- Latvia 2
- Lithuania 5
- Malaysia 11
- Maldives 1
- Malta 1
- Mexico 4
- Monaco 8
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- Netherlands 22
- New Zealand 1
- Nigeria 6
- Norway 66
- Pakistan 1
- Peru 13
- Philippines 15
- Poland 19
- Portugal 8
- Romania 13
- Russia 4
- Saudi Arabia 4
- Singapore 54
- South Africa 3
- South Korea 292
- Spain 41
- Sri Lanka 1
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- Sudan 1
- Sweden 4
- Switzerland 188
- Syria 7
- Taiwan 301
- Thailand 10
- Trinidad & Tobago 1
- Tunisia 1
- Turkey 18
- Ukraine 9
- UAE 83
- United Kingdom 29
- United States 88
- Venezuela 20
- Vietnam 2
- Yemen 1
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117 (2006 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total: 53
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 28 (2006 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 64
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 53 (2006 est.)
See also
References
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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