Transportation in Zimbabwe

[Source of Information: Zimbabwe homepage, which appears taken from CIA World Factbook]

Photographs taken near Victoria Falls, 1996. Click on images for larger pictures.

Railroads:

• total: 2,745 km
• narrow gauge: 2,745 km 1.067-m gauge (355 km electrified; 42 km double track)

Highways:

• total: 85,237 km
• paved: 15,800 km
• unpaved: crushed stone, gravel, stabilized earth 39,090 km -- improved earth 23,097 km -- unimproved earth 7,250 km

Inland waterways: Lake Kariba is a potential line of communication

Pipelines: petroleum products 212 km

Ports: Binga, Kariba

Airports:

• total: 471
• with paved runways over 3,047 m: 3
• with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
• with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
• with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 13
• with paved runways under 914 m: 222
• with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 2
• with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 223

Last modified 18 January 2006