| IRANIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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32 |
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[12th of 117]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
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9 |
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[32nd of 99]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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129 |
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[8th of 137]
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Highways > Paved
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94,109 km |
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[20th of 171]
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Highways > Total
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167,157 km |
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[21st of 181]
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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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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 Mah Shahr, Bandar-e Torkaman, Chabahar, Jazireh-ye Khark, Jazireh-ye Lavan, Jazireh-ye Sirri, Khorramshahr (limited operation since November 1992), Now Shahr |
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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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Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km
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11,149 million passenger-km
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[20th of 83]
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Roads, paved > % of total roads
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67.36 %
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[39th of 163]
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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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120,782 km
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[21st of 205]
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Roadways > Total
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179,388 km
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[27th of 222]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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58,606 km
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[37th of 175]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Iran protests Afghanistan's limiting flow of dammed waters on Helmand River tributaries in periods of drought; thousands of Afghan refugees still reside in Iran; creation of a maritime boundary with Iraq remains in hiatus until full sovereignty is restored in Iraq; Iran and UAE engage in direct talks and solicit Arab League support to resolve disputes over Iran's occupation of Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island; Iran stands alone among littoral states in insisting upon a division of the Caspian Sea into five equal sectors |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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36.92 %
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[91st of 153]
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Travel services > % of commercial service imports
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13 %
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[127th of 153]
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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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[67th of 106]
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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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