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Europe > Italy > Transportation

ITALIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 9 [9th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 8 [8th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 13 [13th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 24 [24th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 22 [22nd of 227]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 69 [69th of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 45 [45th of 137]
Cars 1 per 1,000 people [1st of 18]
Highways > Paved 5 km [5th of 171]
Highways > Total 9 km [9th of 181]
Highways > Unpaved 161 km [161st of 168]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 39, cargo 40, chemical tanker 106, combination ore/oil 2, container 23, liquefied gas 43, livestock carrier 2, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 13, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 74, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 62, short-sea/passenger 31, specialized tanker 11, vehicle carrier 23
Motor vehicles 7 motor vehicles per 100 p [7th of 134]
Pipelines
gas 17,589 km; oil 1,136 km (2006)
Ports and harbors
Augusta (Sicily), Bagnoli, Bari, Brindisi, Gela (Sicily), Genoa, La Spezia, Livorno, Milazzo (Sicily), Naples, Porto Foxi, Porto Torres (Sardinia), Salerno, Savona, Taranto, Trieste, Venice
Railways > Standard gauge 8 km 1.435-m gauge [8th of 63]
Roadways > Total 11 km [11th of 222]
Vehicle abundance 5 per square km [5th of 141]
Waterways 36 km [36th of 106]
Waterways > A note
serves various types of commercial traffic, although of limited overall value (2002)

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SOURCES: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces) ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Cars per 1,000 people (1999).; 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; Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o; Motor vehicles per 1,000 people; The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products ; 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. ; 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.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Italy, Italian Republic, Repubblica Italiana, Italia

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