Mexico Transportion

Country Name: United Mexican States

Capital City: Mexico (Distrito Federal)

Population: 40% (2003 est.)

Population Growth: 1.153% (2007 est.)

Currency: Mexican peso (MXN)

Languages: Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

Area: 1,972,550 sq km

Inflation Rate: 3.4% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 3.2% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2006)

Domain extension:

TRANSPORTATION DETAILS OF MEXICO

Railways - total:

17,665 km

Railways - standard gauge:

17,665 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)

Railways - broad gauge:

Highways - total:

Highways - paved:

Highways - unpaved:

Airports - total:

1,839 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:

228

Airports - with unpaved runways:

1611

Heliports:

1 (2006)

Waterways:

2,900 km (navigable rivers and coastal canals) (2007)

Pipelines - gas:

gas 22,705 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,875 km;

Pipelines - oil:

8,688 km

Pipelines - refined products:

6,520 km (2006)

Ports and Terminals:

Altamira, Manzanillo, Morro Redondo, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Veracruz