| LIBERIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
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5 |
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[42nd of 99]
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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8 |
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[71st of 137]
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Highways > Paved
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657 km |
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[129th of 171]
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Highways > Total
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10,600 km |
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[101st of 181]
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Motor vehicles
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13 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[102nd of 134]
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Ports and harbors
Buchanan, Greenville, Harper, Monrovia, Robertsport |
Railways > A note
in 1989, Liberia had three rail systems owned and operated by foreign steel and financial interests in conjunction with the Liberian Government; one of these, the Lamco Railroad, closed in 1989 after iron ore production ceased; the other two were shut down by the civil war; large sections of the rail lines have been dismantled; approximately 60 km of railroad track was exported for scrap (2001) |
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Railways > Narrow gauge
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145 km 1.067-m gauge |
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Railways > Note
railway is inoperable because of damage suffered during the civil war (2005) |
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Railways > Standard gauge
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345 km 1.435-m gauge
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[52nd of 63]
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Railways > Total
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490 km
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[116th of 134]
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Roads, paved > % of total roads
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6.2 %
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[134th of 163]
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Roads, total network > km
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10,600 km
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[110th of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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657 km
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[166th of 205]
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Roadways > Total
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10,600 km
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[135th of 222]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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9,943 km
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[93rd of 175]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
domestic fighting among disparate rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have created insurgencies, street violence, looting, arms trafficking, and ethnic conflicts and refugees in border areas; the Cote d'Ivoire Government accuses Liberia of supporting Ivorian rebels |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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15.38 %
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[112nd of 153]
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Travel services > % of commercial service imports
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33.69 %
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[22nd of 153]
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Vehicle abundance
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0.37 per square km |
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[122nd of 141]
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