FACTOID # 6: 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 > Gibraltar > Transportation

GIBRALTAR TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Airports 1 Time series [224th of 247]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [132nd of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 1 Time series [216th of 234]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 29 km Time series [6th of 113]
Highways > Total 29 km Time series [5th of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 0 km Time series [5th of 113]
Merchant marine > By type
bulk carrier 5, cargo 125, chemical tanker 51, container 43, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 10, roll on/roll off 5
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 225 Time series [13th of 122]
Merchant marine > Registered in other countries 7 Time series [68th of 118]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 2, cargo 58, chemical tanker 14, container 20, multi-functional large-load carrier 3, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 13, roll on/roll off 2
Merchant marine > Total 240 Time series [32nd of 157]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 1,866,572 Dwt Time series [45th of 157]
Pipelines 0 km Time series
Ports and harbors Gibraltar Time series
Ports and terminals Gibraltar Time series
Roadways > Paved 29 km Time series [18th of 81]
Roadways > Total 29 km Time series [24th of 85]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
since Gibraltar residents voted overwhelmingly by referendum in 2003 against a "total shared sovereignty" arrangement, talks between the UK and Spain over the fate of the 300-year-old UK colony have stalled; Spain disapproves of UK plans to grant Gibraltar greater autonomy
Waterways 0 km Time series [108th of 165]

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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Gibraltar

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