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Southeast Asia > Malaysia > Transportation

MALAYSIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 175,500 [22nd of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 9 [33rd of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 1 [98th of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 6 [80th of 137]
Highways > Paved 49,935 km [36th of 171]
Highways > Total 65,877 km [44th of 181]
Motor vehicles 641 motor vehicles per 100 p [3rd of 134]
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
Roadways > Paved 80,280 km [30th of 205]
Roadways > Total 98,721 km [40th of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 18,441 km [71st of 175]
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 % ... [70th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 17.06 % ... [102nd of 153]
Vehicle abundance 12.81 per square km [45th of 141]
Waterways 7,200 km [19th of 106]
Waterways > A note
Peninsular Malaysia 3,209 km, Sabah 1,569 km, Sarawak 2,518 km
Waterways > Note
Peninsular Malaysia 3,200 km; Sabah 1,500 km; Sarawak 2,500 km (2005)
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code 52 [1st of 44]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: Speed limit ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Development Indicators database; 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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