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Transportation
136 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
43
total: 65
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 27 (2010)
total: 71
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 58 (2010)
gas 41 km; oil 230 km (2009)
total: 8,598 km
country comparison to the world: 24
standard gauge: 8,322 km 1.435-m gauge (176 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 276 km 1.000-gauge
note: 4,533 km of the track is used by sugar plantations; 4,257 km is standard gauge; 276 km is narrow gauge (2006)
total: 60,858 km
country comparison to the world: 75
paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (2000)
240 km (almost all navigable inland waterways are near the mouths of rivers) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 95
total: 5
country comparison to the world: 129
by type: cargo 2, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 2
registered in other countries: 6 (Cyprus 1, former Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 4) (2010)
Antilla, Cienfuegos, Guantanamo, Havana, Matanzas, Mariel, Nuevitas Bay, Santiago de Cuba, Tanamo
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