My World Factbook
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Transportation
800 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
9
total: 15
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2010)
total: 785
1,524 to 2,437 m: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 290
under 914 m: 470 (2010)
total: 36 km
country comparison to the world: 132
standard gauge: 36 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)
total: 29,500 km
country comparison to the world: 98
paved: 14,986 km
unpaved: 14,514 km (2000)
3,100 km (primarily on the Paraguay and Paraná river systems) (2010)
country comparison to the world: 33
total: 23
country comparison to the world: 96
by type: cargo 15, carrier 1, container 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 3, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 6 (Argentina 5, Netherlands 1) (2010)
Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion
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