Malawian Transportation, Malawi Transportation
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Railways: Total: 797 km narrow gauge: 797 km 1.067-m gauge (2004)
Highways: Total: 28,400 km paved: 5,254 km unpaved: 23,146 km (1999 est.)
Waterways: 700 km note: on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and Shire River (2003)
Pipelines:
Ports and harbors: Chipoka, Monkey Bay, Nkhata Bay, Nkhotakota, Chilumba
Merchant marine:
Airports: 42 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: Total: 6 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 4 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 36 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 15 under 914 m: 20 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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Established in 1891, the British protectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in 1964. After three decades of one-party rule under President Hastings Kamuzu BANDA the country held multiparty elections in 1994, under a provisional...