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Transportation in Haiti

Railways:
total: 40 km (single track; privately owned industrial line) - closed in early 1990s
narrow gauge: 40 km 0.760-m gauge

Highways:
total: 4,160 km
paved: 1,011 km
unpaved: 3,149 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: NEGL; less than 100 km navigable

Ports and harbors: Cap-Haitien[?], Gonaives[?], Jacmel[?], Jeremie[?], Les Cayes[?], Miragoane[?], Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix[?], Saint-Marc[?]

Merchant marine[?]: none (1999 est.)

Airports: 13 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 5 (1999 est.)

See also : Haiti

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