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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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2.48 million tons/km
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[110th of 153]
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Air transport, passengers carried
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293,442
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[117th of 164]
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Definition: Transportation > Air transport, passengers carried |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Airports
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42 |
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[104th of 247]
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Definition: Transportation > Airports |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Highways > Paved
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9,664 km |
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[38th of 113]
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Definition: Transportation > Highways > Paved |
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Source: World standards on users.pandora.be |
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Highways > Total
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21,716 km |
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[51st of 118]
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Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Pipelines
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refined products 540 km |
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Definition: Transportation > Pipelines |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Ports and harbors
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none |
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Definition: Transportation > Ports and harbors |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Railways
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0 km |
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[54th of 86]
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Definition: Transportation > Railways |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Railways > Total
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0 km |
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[161st of 220]
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Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Roads, goods transported > million ton-km
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30 million ton-km
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[48th of 52]
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Definition: Transportation > Roads, goods transported > million ton-km |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Roads, paved > % of total roads
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14.41 %
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[62nd of 163]
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Definition: Transportation > Roads, paved > % of total roads |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Roads, total network > km
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31,210 km
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[52nd of 172]
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Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Roadways > Paved
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4,010 km |
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[41st of 81]
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Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Roadways > Total
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29,811 km |
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[37th of 85]
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Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Roadways > Unpaved
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25,801 km |
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[17th of 79]
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Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Unpaved |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
demarcation of boundaries with Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam is largely complete, but with Thailand several areas including Mekong River islets remain in dispute; ongoing disputes with Thailand and Vietnam over squatters; concern among Mekong Commission members that China's construction of dams on the Mekong River will affect water levels |
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Definition: Transportation > Transnational Issues > Disputes > international |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Vehicle abundance
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0.1 per square km |
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[136th of 141]
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Definition: Transportation > Vehicle abundance |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001 |
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Waterways
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4,600 km |
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[8th of 165]
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Definition: Transportation > Waterways |
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 |
Waterways > A note
primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m |
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Definition: Transportation > Waterways > A note |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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