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Railways:
total:
27,882 km (1,122 km electrified); note - excludes urban rail
broad gauge:
4,057 km 1.600-m gauge
narrow gauge:
23,489 km 1.000-m gauge
dual gauge:
336 km 1.000-m and 1.600-m gauges (three rails) (1999 est.)
Highways:
total:
1.98 million km
paved:
184,140 km
unpaved:
1,795,860 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: 50,000 km navigable
Pipelines:
crude oil 2,980 km; petroleum products 4,762 km; natural gas 4,246 km (1998) Belém, Fortaleza, Ilheus , Imbituba , Manaus, Paranagua , Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande , SalvadorSalvador (in full, Sao Salvador da Baia de Todos os Santos meaning "Holy Savior of the Bay of All Saints") is a city on the northeast coast of Brazil and the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. It was for a long time known as the city of Bahia and ap, SantosSantos is a municipality in the Sao Paulo state of Brazil founded in 1543. It is partially located on the island of Sao Vicente in the Atlantic Ocean, and partially on the mainland. As of 2003, its population was approximately 437,000. Santos has the bigg, Vitoria Merchant marineIn most seafaring countries, the merchant marine (or merchant navy is a fleet of ships used for commerce that sometimes complements the navy. These fleets may be divided into several categories: Freighters, which today are mainly container ships. Coasters:
total:
174 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 3,964,808 GRT/6,403,284 DWT
ships by type:
bulk 34, cargo 28, chemical tanker 5, combination ore/oil 9, container 10, liquified gas 10, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 59, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off 11, short-sea passenger 1 (1999 est.)
AirportFor the wireless networking standard, see AirPort networking; for the movie, see Airport (movie An airport is a designated location for aircraft to take off and land. While smaller airports—often called aerodromes, airfields or landing strips—might includs: 3,277 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
541
over 3,047 m:
5
2,438 to 3,047 m:
20
1,524 to 2,437 m:
138
914 to 1,523 m:
346
under 914 m:
32 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
2,736
1,524 to 2,437 m:
73
914 to 1,523 m:
1,306
under 914 m:
1,357 (1999 est.)
National airlines:
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