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Middle East > Jordan > Transportation

JORDANIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 15,900 [77th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 1 [91st of 117]
Highways > Paved 7,245 km [68th of 171]
Highways > Total 7,245 km [110th of 181]
Motor vehicles 47 motor vehicles per 100 p [82nd of 134]
Pipelines > Total length 753 km [89th of 120]
Ports and harbors Al 'Aqabah
Ports and terminals Al 'Aqabah
Rail lines > total route-km 293 km ... [105th of 111]
Railways > Narrow gauge
505 km 1.050-m gauge (2005)
Railways > Total 505 km [115th of 134]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 1,024 million ton-km ... [68th of 84]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 100 % ... [5th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 7,500 km ... [67th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 7,500 km [91st of 205]
Roadways > Total 7,500 km [144th of 222]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
border dispute settled with Syria in 2004
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 65.84 % ... [32nd of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 23.74 % ... [71st of 153]
Vehicle abundance 7.99 per square km [57th of 141]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Al Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah, Al Urdun

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