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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	47.96 million tons/km		[70th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	1,920,516		[64th of 164]
Aircraft departures	13,300		[80th of 155]
Airports	16		[147th of 247]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m	3		[66th of 117]
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Left side
Heliports	10		[19th of 99]
Highways > Total	13,491 km		[3rd of 118]
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned	690		[9th of 122]
Motor vehicles	450 motor vehicles per 100 p		[17th of 134]
Ports and harbors Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Vasilikos
Ports and terminals area under government control: Larnaca, Limassol, Vasilikos; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: Famagusta, Kyrenia
Railways	0 km		[74th of 86]
Railways > Total	0 km		[197th of 220]
Roads, paved > % of total roads	63 %		[36th of 163]
Roads, total network > km	12,060 km		[65th of 172]
Roadways > Total	14,630 km		[46th of 85]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	50
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international hostilities in 1974 divided the island into two de facto autonomous areas, a Greek Cypriot area controlled by the internationally recognized Cypriot Government and a Turkish Cypriot area, separated by a UN buffer zone; March 2003 reunification talks failed, but Turkish Cypriots later opened their borders to temporary visits by Greek Cypriots
Waterways	0 km		[137th of 165]

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