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Asia > Afghanistan > Transportation

AFGHAN TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 7.81 million tons/km Time series [118th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 149,705 Time series [127th of 164]
Definition: Transportation > Air transport, passengers carried
Aircraft departures 3,400 [126th of 155]
Definition: Transportation > Aircraft departures
Airports 46 Time series [97th of 247]
Definition: Transportation > Airports
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right
Heliports 9 Time series [23rd of 99]
Definition: Transportation > Heliports
Highways > Paved 2,793 km Time series [62nd of 113]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Paved
Highways > Total 21,000 km Time series [52nd of 118]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total
Motor vehicles 0 motor vehicles per 100 p [135th of 134]
Definition: Transportation > Motor vehicles
Pipelines gas 466 km Time series
Definition: Transportation > Pipelines
Ports and harbors Kheyrabad, Shir Khan Time series
Definition: Transportation > Ports and harbors
Ports and terminals Kheyrabad, Shir Khan Time series
Definition: Transportation > Ports and terminals
Railways > Total 24.6 km Time series [6th of 220]
Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total
Roads, total network > km 34,782 km Time series [46th of 172]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km
Roadways > Paved 12,350 km Time series [31st of 81]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved
Roadways > Total 42,150 km Time series [34th of 85]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total
Roadways > Unpaved 29,800 km Time series [15th of 79]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Unpaved
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
despite largely successful UN efforts at voluntary repatriation, 2-3 million Afghan refugees continue to reside in Iran and Pakistan, many at their own choosing; Pakistan has sent troops into remote tribal areas to control the border and stem organized terrorist and other illegal cross-border activites; regular meetings between Pakistani and coalition allies aim to resolve periodic claims of boundary encroachments; occasional conflicts over water-sharing arrangements with Amu Darya and Helmand River states
Definition: Transportation > Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Waterways 1,200 km Time series [22nd of 165]
Definition: Transportation > Waterways
Waterways > A note
chiefly Amu Darya, which handles vessels up to 500 DWT (2001)
Definition: Transportation > Waterways > A note

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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; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; CIA World Factbook, December 2003

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Afghanistan, Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan, Afghanestan

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Quatstelle
13th November 2009
Nice Work! :)

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