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Air transport, passengers carried	4,392,448		[47th of 164]
Aircraft departures	52,000		[41st of 155]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports	53		[89th of 247]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Container port traffic	1,524,724 TEU		[36th 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
Heliports	3		[41st of 99]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Paved	16,281 km		[36th of 113]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Total	16,281 km		[49th of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	263 motor vehicles per 100 p		[33rd of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines gas 160 km; oil 442 km; refined products 261 km
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and harbors Ashdod, Ashqelon, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and terminals Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Standard gauge	853 km		[40th of 64]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total	853 km		[94th of 220]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	17,446 km		[56th of 172]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Paved	17,870 km		[8th of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	17,870 km		[8th of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Speed limit > Speed limits in specific countries > Within Towns	50
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	78.41 per square km		[11th of 141]
Source: Wikipedia: Speed limit
Waterways	0 km		[64th of 165]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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