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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 2.75 million tons/km Time series [107th of 153]
Aircraft departures 1,900 [134th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 5 [63rd of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 2 [86th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 1 [119th of 119]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 3 [111st of 137]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 19,038 km Time series [35th of 113]
Highways > Total 20,363 km Time series [44th of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 1,325 km Time series [45th of 113]
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belize 1, Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 1, Ecuador 1, Egypt 4, Gibraltar 1, Greece 5, Jordan 1, Latvia 1, Liberia 1, Malta 1, Panama 9, Romania 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Saudi Arabia 2, Syria 5, Turkey 2, Ukraine 7, United Arab Emirates 11, United Kingdom 1, United States 1 (2002 est.)
Merchant marine > Note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belize 1, Bulgaria 1, Cyprus 1, Ecuador 1, Egypt 4, Gibraltar 1, Greece 5, Jordan 1, Latvia 1, Liberia 1, Malta 1, Panama 9, Romania 8, Russia 4, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Saudi Arabia 2, Syria 5, Turkey 2, Ukraine 7, UAE 11, UK 1, US 1
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 16, cargo 72, chemical tanker 1, container 11, petroleum tanker 11, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 2, specialized tanker 1
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 1,408,540 Dwt Time series [49th of 157]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 958,504 GRT Time series [51st of 157]
Pipelines > All types
gas 1,697 km; oil 1,027 km; refined products 232 km (2004)
Pipelines > Total length 2,956 km [54th of 120]
Ports and harbors Bat'umi, P'ot'i, Sokhumi Time series
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
about a third of the boundary with Russia remains undelimited, and none of it demarcated, with several small, strategic segments remaining in dispute; OSCE observers monitor volatile areas such as the Pankisi Gorge in the Akhmeti region and the Argun Gorge in Abkhazia; Meshkheti Turks scattered throughout the former Soviet Union seek to return to Georgia; boundary with Armenia remains undemarcated; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy from the Georgian government; Azerbaijan protests Georgian construction at the Red Bridge crossing and several other small segments of boundary, which remain unresolved until delimitation
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 38.28 % Time series [81st of 153]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World standards on users.pandora.be; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Georgia, Sak'art'velo

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