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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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98.22 million tons/km
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[59th of 153]
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Air transport, passengers carried
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12,708,350
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[26th of 164]
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Airports
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331 |
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[25th of 247]
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Container port traffic
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1,325,643 TEU
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[39th of 63]
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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Heliports
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14 |
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[16th of 99]
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Motor vehicles
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23 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[96th of 134]
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Pipelines condensate 7 km; condensate/gas 397 km; gas 19,161 km; liquid petroleum gas 570 km; oil 8,438 km; refined products 7,936 km |
Ports and harbors Abadan (largely destroyed in fighting during 1980-88 war), Ahvaz, Bandar 'Abbas, Bandar-e Anzali, Bushehr, Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni, Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e Mahshahr, Bandar-e Torkaman, Chabahar (Bandar Beheshti), Jazireh-ye Khark, Jazireh-ye Lavan, Jazireh-ye Sirri, Khorramshahr (limited operation since November 1992), Now Shahr |
Ports and terminals Assaluyeh, Bandar Abbas, Bandar-e-Eman Khomeyni |
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Railways > Standard gauge
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8,273 km |
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[13th of 64]
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Railways > Total
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8,367 km |
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[23rd of 220]
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Railways, goods transported > million ton-km
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19,127 million ton-km
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[19th of 84]
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Roads, total network > km
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179,388 km
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[16th of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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125,908 km |
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[12th of 81]
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Roadways > Total
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172,927 km |
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[15th of 85]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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47,019 km |
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[11th of 79]
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Vehicle abundance
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1.66 per square km |
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[94th of 141]
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Waterways
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850 km |
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[32nd of 165]
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Waterways > A note the Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use |
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001; CIA World Factbook, December 2003
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran, iran (islamic rep. of), iran (islamic republic of), Iran, Islamic Rep. of, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Islamic Rep. of Iran
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