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Southeast Asia > Philippines > Transportation

PHILIPPINE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 8,056,829 Time series [36th of 164]
Aircraft departures 44,200 [46th of 155]
Airports 255 Time series [26th of 247]
Container port traffic 3,633,559 TEU Time series [22nd of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 2 Time series [58th of 99]
Highways > Paved 42,419 km Time series [23rd of 113]
Highways > Total 201,994 km Time series [9th of 118]
Motor vehicles 31 motor vehicles per 100 p [90th of 134]
Pipelines
gas 565 km; oil 135 km; refined products 105 km
Ports and harbors
Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras Island, Iligan, Iloilo, Jolo, Legaspi, Manila, Masao, Puerto Princesa, San Fernando, Subic Bay, Zamboanga
Ports and terminals
Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila, Nasipit Harbor
Railways > Total 897 km Time series [89th of 220]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 1.13 million ton-km Time series [60th of 84]
Roads, total network > km 200,036.8 km Time series [14th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 19,804 km Time series [29th of 81]
Roadways > Total 200,037 km Time series [12th of 85]
Transportation > Note
the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the South China Sea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; hijacked vessels are often disguised and cargo diverted to ports in East Asia; crews have been murdered or cast adrift
Vehicle abundance 7.42 per square km [59th of 141]
Waterways 3,219 km Time series [9th of 165]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Philippines, Republic of the Philippines, Republika ng Pilipinas, Pilipinas, the philippines

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