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 > Greece > Transportation

Air transport, freight > million tons per km 64.07 million tons/km Time series [67th of 153]
Aircraft departures 102,500 [32nd of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 20 [21st of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 16 [24th of 117]
Container port traffic 1,779,030 TEU Time series [32nd of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 107,406 km Time series [12th of 113]
Highways > Total 117,000 km Time series [18th of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 9,594 km Time series [53rd of 113]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 289, cargo 59, chemical tanker 32, combination bulk 6, combination ore/oil 4, container 47, liquefied gas 7, passenger 14, petroleum tanker 281, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 18, short-sea passenger 49, specialized tanker 4, vehicle carrier 2
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 57,898,789 Dwt Time series [3rd of 157]
Motor vehicles 329 motor vehicles per 100 p [28th of 134]
Pipelines > All types
gas 1,166 km; oil 94 km (2004)
Ports and harbors
Alexandroupolis, Elefsis, Irakleion (Crete), Kavala, Kerkyra, Chalkis, Igoumenitsa, Lavrion, Patrai, Peiraiefs (Piraeus), Thessaloniki, Volos
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
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
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 39.88 % Time series [77th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 28.5 per square km [29th of 141]
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
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code 23 [23rd of 44]

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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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Greece, Hellenic Republic, Elliniki Dhimokratia, Ellas or Ellada

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