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| LAO TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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3 |
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[65th of 117]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
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1 |
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[89th of 99]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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13 |
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[55th of 137]
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Highways > Paved
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9,664 km |
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[62nd of 171]
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Highways > Total
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21,716 km |
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[75th of 181]
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Pipelines > Total length
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540 km
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[97th of 120]
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Railways
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0 km |
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[54th of 86]
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Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
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30 million ton-km
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[48th of 52]
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Roads, paved > % of total roads
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14.41 %
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[62nd of 163]
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Roads, total network > km
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31,210 km
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[52nd of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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4,494 km
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[113rd of 205]
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Roadways > Total
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31,210 km
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[94th of 222]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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26,716 km
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[60th of 175]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
demarcation of boundaries with Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam is largely complete, but with Thailand several areas including Mekong River islets remain in dispute; ongoing disputes with Thailand and Vietnam over squatters; concern among Mekong Commission members that China's construction of dams on the Mekong River will affect water levels |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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82.03 %
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[10th of 153]
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Travel services > % of commercial service imports
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1.01 %
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[149th of 153]
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Vehicle abundance
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0.1 per square km |
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[136th of 141]
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Waterways
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4,600 km
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[23rd of 106]
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Waterways > A note
primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m |
Waterways > Note
primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m (2005) |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; 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:
Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, lao people’s democratic republic, lao people's dem rep., lao people's dem. rep., lao people's dem., Lao PDR, Lao People's Dem. Rep.
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