Bolivia Transportion

Country Name: Republic of Bolivia

Capital City: La Paz

Population: 8,989,046 (2006)

Population Growth: 1.45% (2006)

Currency: boliviano (BOB)

Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara (official)

Area: 1,098,580 sq km

Inflation Rate: 4.3% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 7.8% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2006)

Domain extension: .bo

TRANSPORTATION DETAILS OF BOLIVIA

Railways - total:

Railways - standard gauge:

Railways - broad gauge:

3,504 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)

Highways - total:

Highways - paved:

Highways - unpaved:

Airports - total:

1,084 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:

Airports - with unpaved runways:

1068

Heliports:

Waterways:

10,000 km (commercially navigable) (2007)

Pipelines - gas:

gas 4,860 km; liquid petroleum gas 47 km;

Pipelines - oil:

2,475 km;

Pipelines - refined products:

1,589 km; unknown (oil/water) 247 km (2006)

Ports and Terminals:

Puerto Aguirre (inland port on the Paraguay/Parana waterway at the Bolivia/Brazil border); Bolivia has free port privileges in maritime ports in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Paraguay