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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Africa > Namibia > Transportation

Air transport, freight > million tons per km 60.43 million tons/km Time series [69th of 153]
Aircraft departures 5,500 [113rd of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 13 [35th of 139]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 2 [84th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 4 [52nd of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 2 [60th of 119]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 22 [14th of 99]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 2 [17th of 39]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 71 [15th of 137]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Highways > Paved 9,172 km Time series [41st of 113]
Highways > Total 66,467 km Time series [26th of 118]
Highways > Unpaved 57,285 km Time series [11th of 113]
Investment in transport with private participation > current US$ 450,000,000 $ Time series [7th of 30]
Merchant marine > Total > Dwt 3,605 Dwt Time series [144th of 157]
Merchant marine > Total > GRT 2,265 GRT Time series [150th of 157]
Ports and harbors Luderitz, Walvis Bay Time series
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
commission established with Botswana to resolve small residual disputes along the Caprivi Strip, including the Situngu marshlands along the Linyanti River; Botswana residents protest Namibia's planned construction of the Okavango hydroelectric dam on Popa Falls; managed dispute with South Africa over the location of the boundary in the Orange River; Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe boundary convergence is not clearly defined or delimited; Angolan rebels and refugees still reside in Namibia
Travel services > % of commercial service exports 87.49 % Time series [7th of 153]
Vehicle abundance 2.16 per square km [88th 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, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Namibia, Republic of Namibia

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