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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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22.12 million tons/km
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[84th of 153]
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Aircraft departures
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13,600 |
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[79th of 155]
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DEFINITION: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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DEFINITION: About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Highways > Paved
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10,021 km |
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[37th of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the paved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: World standards on users.pandora.be |
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Highways > Total
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43,381 km |
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[38th of 118]
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DEFINITION: total length of the highway system |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Highways > Unpaved
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33,360 km |
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[22nd of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Merchant marine > A note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Egypt 1, Greece 2, Italy 1, Lebanon 10 (2002 est.) |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Merchant marine > Note
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Egypt 1, Greece 2, Italy 1, Lebanon 10 |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 13, cargo 109, container 2, livestock carrier 3, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 1 |
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DEFINITION: Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Merchant marine > Total > Dwt
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512,597 Dwt |
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[76th of 157]
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DEFINITION: Dwt=Deadweight tonnage, a measure of the capacity of a cargo ship |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Merchant marine > Total > GRT
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353,351 GRT |
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[79th of 157]
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DEFINITION: GRT=Gross Register Tonnage |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Pipelines > All types
gas 2,300 km; oil 2,183 km (2004) |
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DEFINITION: The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products"
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Pipelines > Total length
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4,483 km
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[46th of 120]
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DEFINITION: Total length of all pipelines
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Ports and harbors
Baniyas, Jablah, Latakia, Tartus |
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DEFINITION: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance). |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Railways > A note
rail link between Syria and Iraq replaced in 2000 (2001) |
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DEFINITION: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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76.94 %
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[11th of 153]
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DEFINITION: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers in that economy for their own use during visits of less than one year for business or personal purposes. Travel services include the goods and services consumed by travelers, such as lodging and meals and transport (within the economy visited). |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Vehicle abundance
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2.43 per square km |
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[86th of 141]
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DEFINITION: Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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