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| GREEK TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Aircraft departures
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32 |
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[32nd of 155]
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Airports
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72
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[72nd of 231]
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Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m
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23 |
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[23rd of 119]
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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24 |
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[24th of 117]
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Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m
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40
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[40th of 126]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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110 |
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[110th of 137]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > Total
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124
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[124th of 193]
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Heliports
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23
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[23rd of 87]
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Highways > Paved
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16 km |
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[16th of 171]
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Highways > Total
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25 km |
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[25th of 181]
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Highways > Unpaved
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73 km |
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[73rd of 168]
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Motor vehicles
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28 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[28th of 134]
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Ports and harbors
Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra, Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus), Thessaloniki, Volos |
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Railways > Total
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67 km
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[67th of 134]
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Roadways > Total
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36 km
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[36th of 222]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Greece and Turkey have resumed discussions to resolve their complex maritime, air, territorial, and boundary disputes in the Aegean Sea; Cyprus question with Turkey; dispute with the Republic of Macedonia over its name |
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Vehicle abundance
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29 per square km |
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[29th of 141]
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Waterways
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105 km
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[105th of 106]
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Waterways > A note
system consists of three coastal canals including the Corinth Canal (6 km) which crosses the Isthmus of Corinth connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and shortens the sea voyage from the Adriatic to Peiraiefs (Piraeus) by 325 km; there are also three unconnected rivers |
Waterways > Note
Corinth Canal (6 km) crosses the Isthmus of Corinth; shortens sea voyage by 325 km (2006) |
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SOURCES: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.; Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces)
; Total number of established helicopter take-off and landing sites (which may or may not have fuel or other services).
; total length of the paved parts of the highway system; total length of the highway system; total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system; Motor vehicles per 1,000 people; The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.
; This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
; Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.; Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data.; The total length and individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
; The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.; This entry gives the total length of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Greece, Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dhimokratia, Ellas or Ellada
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