FACTOID # 6: The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
 
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Southeast Asia > Taiwan > Transportation

TAIWAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Airports 41 Time series [105th of 247]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Heliports 4 Time series [35th of 99]
Highways > Paved 31,583 km Time series [28th of 113]
Highways > Total 35,931 km Time series [38th of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 4,348 km Time series [39th of 113]
Merchant marine > Foreign-owned 3 Time series [89th of 122]
Merchant marine > Registered in other countries 536 Time series [8th of 118]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 41, cargo 22, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 3, container 45, petroleum tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 2
Pipelines
condensate 25 km; gas 661 km
Pipelines > All types
condensate 25 km; gas 435 km (2004)
Ports and harbors
Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung
Ports and terminals
Chilung (Keelung), Kaohsiung, Taichung
Railways > A note
in addition to the above routes in common carrier service, there are several thousand kilometers of 1.067-m gauge routes that are dedicated to industrial use (2001)
Railways > Narrow gauge
1,102 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
Railways > Total 1,588 km Time series [3rd of 220]
Roadways > Paved 38,171 km Time series [6th of 81]
Roadways > Total 40,262 km Time series [6th of 85]
Roadways > Unpaved 2,091 km Time series [6th of 79]
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns 40-60

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SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Speed limit

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Taiwan, taiwan (china, republic of), chinese taipei, T'ai-wan, China, Taiwan, Taiwan (People's Republic of China), Taiwan (Peo. Rep. of China), Taiwan, China

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