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South America > Chile > Transportation

CHILEAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 83,100 [35th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 23 [18th of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 11 [27th of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 60 [20th of 137]
Highways > Paved 15,484 km [52nd of 171]
Highways > Total 79,814 km [35th of 181]
Motor vehicles 97 motor vehicles per 100 p [66th of 134]
Ports and harbors
Antofagasta, Arica, Chanaral, Coquimbo, Iquique, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, San Antonio, San Vicente, Talcahuano, Valparaiso
Railways > Total 6,585 km [27th of 134]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 3,848 million ton-km ... [48th of 84]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 1,571 million passenger-km ... [46th of 83]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 20.2 % ... [47th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 79,604.3 km ... [27th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 16,080 km [74th of 205]
Roadways > Total 79,605 km [55th of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 63,525 km [35th of 175]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Bolivia has reactivated its claim to the Atacama corridor ceded to Chile in 1884 to secure sovereign maritime access for Bolivian natural gas; dispute with Peru over the economic zone delimited by the maritime boundary; Beagle Channel islands dispute resolved through Papal mediation in 1984, but armed incidents persist since 1992 oil discovery; territorial claim in Antarctica (Chilean Antarctic Territory) partially overlaps Argentine and British claims
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 17.75 % ... [111st of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 13.93 % ... [116th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 6.39 per square km [64th of 141]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Chile, Republic of Chile, Republica de Chile

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Joseph (Sunbury, Ohio USA)
9th May 2008
I am interested in seeing statistics dealing with the distribution of the population throughout the different regions a country. This is a great site.

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