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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	2.5 million tons/km		[123rd of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	10,400		[157th of 164]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Aircraft departures	400		[151st of 155]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports	34		[112nd of 247]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Container port traffic	537,317 TEU		[58th of 63]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Source: World Development Indicators database
Highways > Paved	6,224 km		[43rd of 113]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Total	12,600 km		[65th of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	62 motor vehicles per 100 p		[74th of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines crude oil 96 km; petroleum products 8 km
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and harbors Barahona, La Romana, Manzanillo, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and terminals Boca Chica, Caucedo, Puerto Plata, Rio Haina, Santo Domingo
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Standard gauge	375 km		[48th of 64]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total	517 km		[112nd of 220]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	12,600 km		[103rd of 172]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Paved	9,872 km		[33rd of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	19,705 km		[36th of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Unpaved	9,833 km		[30th of 79]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international despite efforts to control illegal migration, destitute Haitians fleeing poverty and violence continue to cross into the Dominican Republic; illegal migration of Dominicans and other nationals across the Mona Passage to Puerto Rico has increased in the last year
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Waterways	0 km		[52nd of 165]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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