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• Railroads: 
 
total: 
20,638 km 
 
narrow gauge: 
20,324 km 1.067-m gauge (substantial electrification); 314 km 0.610-m gauge 
 
• Highways: 
 
total: 
188,309 km 
 
paved: 
54,013 km 
 
unpaved: 
crushed stone, gravel, improved earth 134,296 km 
 
• Pipelines: 
crude oil 931 km; petroleum products 1,748 km; natural gas 322 km 
 
• Ports: 
Cape Town, Durban, East London, Mosselbaai, Port Elizabeth, Richards Bay, Saldanha 
 
• Merchant marine: 
 
total: 
4 container ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 211,276 GRT/198,602 DWT 
 
• Airports: 
853 
 
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
9 
 
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
5 
 
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
47 
 
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
72 
 
with paved runways under 914 m: 
327 
 
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
39 
 
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
354