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| KOREAN TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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1 |
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[89th of 117]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
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20 |
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[16th of 99]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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14 |
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[51st of 137]
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Highways > Paved
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1,997 km |
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[98th of 171]
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Highways > Total
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31,200 km |
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[65th of 181]
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Pipelines > Total length
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154 km
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[112nd of 120]
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Ports and harbors
Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong, Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang, Wonsan |
Ports and terminals
Ch'ongjin, Haeju, Hungnam (Hamhung), Kimch'aek, Kosong, Najin, Namp'o, Sinuiju, Songnim, Sonbong (formerly Unggi), Ungsang, Wonsan |
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Rail lines > total route-km
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5,214 km
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[28th of 111]
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Railways > Standard gauge
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5,214 km 1.435-m gauge
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[18th of 63]
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Railways > Total
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5,214 km
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[33rd of 134]
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Roads, paved > % of total roads
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6.4 %
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[133rd of 163]
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Roads, total network > km
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31,200 km
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[71st of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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1,997 km
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[138th of 205]
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Roadways > Total
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31,200 km
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[95th of 222]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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29,203 km
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[58th of 175]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
with China, certain islands in Yalu and Tumen rivers are in uncontested dispute; a section of boundary around Paektu-san (mountain) is indefinite; China has been attempting to stop mass illegal migration of North Koreans escaping famine, economic privation, and oppression into northern China; Military Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South Korea since 1953; periodic maritime disputes with South Korea |
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Vehicle abundance
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69.45 per square km |
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[12th of 141]
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Waterways
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2,250 km
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[39th of 106]
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Waterways > A note
mostly navigable by small craft only |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; 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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Korea, North, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea, Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk, korea, democratic people's republic of, democratic people’s republic of korea, korea, dem. people's rep., korea, dem., korea-north nk, Korea DPR, DPR Korea, Korea (DPR), Korea, Democratic People's Republic, D.P.R. Korea
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