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Argentina vs. Uruguay

Transportation

ArgentinaUruguay
Railwaystotal: 36,917 km (2014)

standard gauge: 2,745.1 km 1.435-m gauge (41.1 km electrified) (2014)

narrow gauge: 7,523.3 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

broad gauge: 26,391 km 1.676-m gauge (149 km electrified) (2014)

258 km 0.750-m gauge
total: 1,673 km (operational; government claims overall length is 2,961 km) (2016)

standard gauge: 1,673 km 1.435-m gauge (2016)
Roadwaystotal: 281,290 km (2017)

paved: 117,616 km (2017)

unpaved: 163,674 km (2017)
total: 77,732 km (2010)

paved: 7,743 km (2010)

unpaved: 69,989 km (2010)
Waterways11,000 km (2012)1,600 km (2011)
Pipelines29930 km gas, 41 km liquid petroleum gas, 6248 km oil, 3631 km refined products (2013)257 km gas, 160 km oil (2013)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, La Plata, Punta Colorada, Ushuaia

container port(s) (TEUs): Buenos Aires (1,485,328) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Bahia Blanca

river port(s): Arroyo Seco, Rosario, San Lorenzo-San Martin (Parana)
major seaport(s): Montevideo
Merchant marinetotal: 199

by type: container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 32, other 158 (2020)
total: 60

by type:  container ship 1, general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 51 (2020)
Airportstotal: 916 (2020)total: 133 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 161 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 4 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 29 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 65 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 53 (2017)

under 914 m: 10 (2017)
total: 11 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 977 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 43 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 484 (2013)

under 914 m: 448 (2013)
total: 122 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 40 (2013)

under 914 m: 79 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 6 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 107

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 18,081,937 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 311.57 million mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 5
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixLVCX

Source: CIA Factbook