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South America > Guyana > Transportation

GUYANESE TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km 1.6 million tons/km Time series [131st of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried 47,800 Time series [143rd of 164]
Definition: Transportation > Air transport, passengers carried
Aircraft departures 300 [152nd of 155]
Definition: Transportation > Aircraft departures
Airports 93 Time series [64th of 247]
Definition: Transportation > Airports
Driving side of the road > Left or right Left side
Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right
Highways > Paved 590 km Time series [96th of 113]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Paved
Highways > Total 7,970 km Time series [78th of 118]
Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total
Motor vehicles 41 motor vehicles per 100 p [87th of 134]
Definition: Transportation > Motor vehicles
Ports and harbors
Bartica, Georgetown, Linden, New Amsterdam, Parika
Definition: Transportation > Ports and harbors
Ports and terminals Georgetown Time series
Definition: Transportation > Ports and terminals
Rail lines > total route-km 187 km Time series [109th of 111]
Definition: Transportation > Rail lines > total route-km
Railways > Total 187 km Time series [1st of 220]
Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total
Roads, paved > % of total roads 7.4 % Time series [130th of 163]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, paved > % of total roads
Roads, total network > km 7,970 km Time series [116th of 172]
Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km
Roadways > Paved 590 km Time series [33rd of 81]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved
Roadways > Total 7,970 km Time series [27th of 85]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total
Roadways > Unpaved 7,380 km Time series [20th of 79]
Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Unpaved
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
all of the area west of the Essequibo (river) is claimed by Venezuela preventing any discussion of a maritime boundary; Guyana has expressed its intention to join Barbados in asserting claims before UNCLOS that Trinidad and Tobago's maritime boundary with Venezuela extends into their waters; Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks UNCLOS arbitration to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters
Definition: Transportation > Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
Waterways 1,077 km Time series [44th of 165]
Definition: Transportation > Waterways
Waterways > A note
Berbice, Demerara, and Essequibo rivers are navigable by oceangoing vessels for 150 km, 100 km, and 80 km, respectively
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: Guyana, Co-operative Republic of Guyana

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