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Middle East > Kuwait > Transportation

KUWAITI TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 241.62 million tons/km Time series [43rd of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 2,433,213 Time series [58th of 164]
Aircraft departures 16,700 [74th of 155]
Airports 7 Time series [169th of 247]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 4 Time series [37th of 99]
Highways > Paved 3,587 km Time series [60th of 113]
Highways > Total 4,450 km Time series [84th of 118]
Pipelines
gas 269 km; oil 540 km; refined products 57 km
Ports and harbors
Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait, Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi, Mina' Su'ud
Ports and terminals
Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi
Railways 0 km [81st of 86]
Railways > Total 0 km Time series [215th of 220]
Roads, total network > km 5,749 km Time series [68th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 4,887 km Time series [60th of 81]
Roadways > Total 5,749 km Time series [71st of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 862 km Time series [63rd of 79]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue negotiating a joint maritime boundary with Iran; no maritime boundary exists with Iraq in the Persian Gulf
Vehicle abundance 39.69 per square km [20th of 141]
Waterways 0 km Time series [159th of 165]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; 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: Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt

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