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Europe > Portugal > Transportation

PORTUGUESE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 96,000 [34th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 15 [26th of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 1 [130th of 137]
Highways > Paved 59,110 km [31st of 171]
Highways > Total 68,732 km [42nd of 181]
Motor vehicles 537 motor vehicles per 100 p [12th of 134]
Ports and harbors
Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores), Setubal, Viana do Castelo
Roads, paved > % of total roads 86 % ... [28th of 163]
Roads, total network > km 78,470 km ... [28th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 67,484 km [43rd of 205]
Roadways > Total 78,470 km [59th of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 10,986 km [85th of 175]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 50
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
some Portuguese groups assert dormant claims to territories ceded to Spain around the town of Olivenza
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 52.83 % ... [53rd of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 31.07 % ... [38th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 37.74 per square km [21st of 141]
Waterways 210 km [93rd of 106]
Waterways > A note
relatively unimportant to national economy, used by shallow-draft craft limited to 300 metric-ton or less cargo capacity
World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations > participating countries > Code 21 [25th of 44]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; 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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Portugal, Portuguese Republic, Republica Portuguesa

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