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Middle East > Saudi Arabia > Transportation

Air transport, freight > million tons per km 1,021.45 million tons/km Time series [25th of 153]
Aircraft departures 108,000 [30th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 23 [17th of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 2 [77th of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 72 [3rd of 99]
Container port traffic 897,167 TEU Time series [51st of 63]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Highways > Paved 45,592 km Time series [25th of 113]
Highways > Total 151,470 km Time series [17th of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 105,878 km Time series [12th of 113]
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Egypt 3, Finland 1, Greece 3, Kuwait 1, Sudan 1, United Arab Emirates 1, United Kingdom 3 (2002 est.)
Merchant marine > Ships by type
cargo 9, chemical tanker 11, container 4, livestock carrier 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 23, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea passenger 8
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 1,059,026 Dwt Time series [57th of 157]
Motor vehicles 336 motor vehicles per 100 p [27th of 134]
Pipelines > All types
condensate 212 km; gas 1,780 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,191 km; oil 5,068 km; refined products 1,162 km (2004)
Pipelines > Total length 9,413 km [28th of 120]
Ports and harbors
Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji, Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
nomadic groups on border region with Yemen resist demarcation of boundary; Yemen protests Saudi erection of a concrete-filled pipe as a security barrier in 2004 to stem illegal cross-border activities in sections of the boundary; Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue discussions on a maritime boundary with Iran; because the treaties have not been made public, the exact alignment of the boundary with the UAE is still unknown and labeled approximate
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 22.74 % Time series [86th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 3.68 per square km [77th of 141]

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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; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Mamlakah al Arabiyah as Suudiyah, Al Arabiyah as Suudiyah , saudi arabia b, saudi-arabia

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