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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	1.4 million tons/km		[137th of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	58,500		[151st of 164]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Aircraft departures	600		[148th of 155]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports	16		[145th of 247]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Paved	5,033 km		[51st of 113]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Total	30,500 km		[43rd of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	5 motor vehicles per 100 p		[117th of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and harbors	Boke, Conakry, Kamsar
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and terminals	Conakry, Kamsar
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Rail lines > total route-km	1,115 km		[70th of 111]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Standard gauge	175 km		[53rd of 64]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Railways > Total	837 km		[96th of 220]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	44,348 km		[46th of 172]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Paved	4,342 km		[53rd of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	44,348 km		[35th of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Unpaved	40,006 km		[19th of 79]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international domestic fighting among disparate rebel groups in Guinea, domestic fighting among disparate rebel groups, warlords, and youth gangs in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have created insurgencies, street violence, looting, arms trafficking, ethnic conflicts skirmishes, deaths, and refugees in border areas; in 2003, Guinea and Sierra Leone established a boundary commission to resolve a dispute over the town of Yenga
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	0.15 per square km		[132nd of 141]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001
Waterways	1,300 km		[39th of 165]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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