FACTOID # 5: The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
 
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Europe > Faroe Islands > Transportation

FAROESE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Airports 1 [221st of 231]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 1 [100th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 1 [111st of 153]
    (per capita) 21.2938 per 1 million people [10th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 1 [201st of 227]
    (per capita) 21.048 per 1 million people [37th of 223]
Highways > Paved 454 km [135th of 171]
    (per capita) 9.66739 km per 1,000 people [19th of 163]
Highways > Total 463 km [153rd of 181]
    (per capita) 9.85903 km per 1,000 people [34th of 173]
Highways > Unpaved 9 km [146th of 168]
    (per capita) 0.191644 km per 1,000 people [137th of 161]
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 3, Norway 1, United Kingdom 1 (2002 est.)
Merchant marine > By type
cargo 10, container 2, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 2
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 8 [66th of 122]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
cargo 3, container 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1, short-sea/passenger 1
Merchant marine > Total 18 [96th of 156]
    (per capita) 289.855 per 1 million people ... [16th of 154]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 9,171 Dwt [133rd of 156]
    (per capita) 248.406 Dwt per 1,000 people ... [36th of 153]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Faroe Islands, faeroe islands, Foroyar

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