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Middle East > Syria > Transportation

SYRIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, passengers carried 1,239,825 Time series [78th of 164]
Aircraft departures 13,600 [79th of 155]
Airports 90 Time series [66th of 247]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 7 Time series [26th of 99]
Highways > Paved 10,021 km Time series [37th of 113]
Highways > Total 43,381 km Time series [38th of 118]
Pipelines
gas 2,794 km; oil 2,000 km
Ports and harbors
Baniyas, Jablah, Latakia, Tartus
Ports and terminals Latakia, Tartus Time series
Railways > Standard gauge 2,460 km Time series [31st of 64]
Railways > Total 2,711 km Time series [61st of 220]
Railways, goods transported > million ton-km 2,075 million ton-km Time series [56th of 84]
Roads, passengers carried > million passenger-km 589 million passenger-km Time series [27th of 33]
Roads, total network > km 94,890 km Time series [21st of 172]
Roadways > Paved 19,490 km Time series [29th of 81]
Roadways > Total 97,401 km Time series [21st of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 77,911 km Time series [8th of 79]
Vehicle abundance 2.43 per square km [86th of 141]
Waterways 900 km Time series [47th of 165]

... View all Transportation stats

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; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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