FACTOID # 6: The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
 
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 2,577.58 million tons/km Time series [13th of 153]
Aircraft departures 175,500 [22nd of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 10 [43rd of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 9 [33rd of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [98th of 99]
Container port traffic 12,027,050 TEU Time series [7th of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Highways > Paved 49,935 km Time series [23rd of 113]
Highways > Total 65,877 km Time series [31st of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 15,942 km Time series [38th of 113]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 62, cargo 103, chemical tanker 37, container 69, liquefied gas 23, livestock carrier 1, passenger 2, petroleum tanker 55, roll on/roll off 5, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 8
Motor vehicles 641 motor vehicles per 100 p [3rd of 134]
Pipelines > All types
condensate 279 km; gas 5,047 km; oil 1,841 km; refined products 114 km (2004)
Ports and harbors
Bintulu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuantan, Kuching, Kudat, Labuan, Lahad Datu, Lumut, Miri, Pasir Gudang, George Town (Penang), Port Dickson, Port Kelang, Sandakan, Sibu, Tanjung Berhala, Tanjung Kidurong, Tawau
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 40-60
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
involved in complex dispute with China, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam and possibly Brunei over the Spratly Islands; the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea" has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; disputes over deliveries of fresh water to Singapore, Singapore's land reclamation, bridge construction, maritime boundaries, and Pedra Branca Island/Pulau Batu Putih persist - parties agree to ICJ arbitration on island dispute within three years; ICJ awarded Ligitan and Sipadan islands off the coast of Sabah, also claimed by Indonesia and Philippines, to Malaysia; a 1 kilometer segment at the mouth of the Golok River remains in dispute with Thailand; Philippines retains a now dormant claim to Malaysia's Sabah State in northern Borneo based on the Sultanate of Sulu's granting the Philippines Government power of attorney to pursue the Sultanate's sovereignty claim; in 2003 Brunei and Malaysia ceased gas and oil exploration in their offshore and deepwater seabeds until negotiations progress to an agreement over allocation of disputed areas; Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang is in dispute
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 45.45 % Time series [70th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 12.81 per square km [45th of 141]
Waterways > A note
Peninsular Malaysia 3,209 km, Sabah 1,569 km, Sarawak 2,518 km
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code 52 [1st of 44]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World standards on users.pandora.be; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; 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; Wikipedia: World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations

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