Peru Transportion

Country Name: Republic of Peru

Capital City: Lima

Population: 28,302,603 (July 2006)

Population Growth: 1.32% (2006 est.)

Currency: nuevo sol (PEN)

Languages: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages

Area: 1,285,220 sq km

Inflation Rate: 2.1% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 7.2% in metropolitan Lima; widespread underemployment (2006)

Domain extension: .pe

TRANSPORTATION DETAILS OF PERU

Railways - total:

1,989 km

Railways - standard gauge:

1,726 km 1.435-m gauge

Railways - broad gauge:

263 km 0.914-m gauge (2006)

Highways - total:

Highways - paved:

Highways - unpaved:

Airports - total:

268 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:

Airports - with unpaved runways:

214

Heliports:

1 (2006)

Waterways:

8,808 km

Pipelines - gas:

gas 983 km; gas/liquid petroleum gas 61 km; liquid natural gas 106 km;

Pipelines - oil:

1,754 km

Pipelines - refined products:

13 km (2006)

Ports and Terminals:

Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries