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Middle East > Saudi Arabia > Transportation

SAUDI TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 108,000 [30th of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 2 [77th of 117]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 72 [3rd of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 39 [26th of 137]
Highways > Paved 45,592 km [38th of 171]
Highways > Total 151,470 km [23rd of 181]
Motor vehicles 336 motor vehicles per 100 p [27th of 134]
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
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 1,192 million ton-km ... [60th of 84]
Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km 393 million passenger-km ... [62nd of 83]
Roads, goods transported > million ton-km 84,473 million ton-km ... [9th of 52]
Roads, paved > % of total roads 29.9 % ... [41st of 163]
Roads, total network > km 152,044 km ... [20th of 172]
Roadways > Paved 45,461 km [50th of 205]
Roadways > Total 152,044 km [31st of 222]
Roadways > Unpaved 106,583 km [22nd of 175]
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 % ... [86th of 153]
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 13.12 % ... [86th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 3.68 per square km [77th of 141]

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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 ; 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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