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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	86.61 million tons/km		[61st of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	1,076,258		[83rd of 164]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Aircraft departures	10,300		[93rd of 155]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports	7		[168th of 247]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Container port traffic	299,400 TEU		[62nd 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	6,198 km		[44th of 113]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Total	7,300 km		[80th of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	434 motor vehicles per 100 p		[18th of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Pipelines	gas 43 km
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and harbors Antilyas, Batroun, Beirut, Chekka, El Mina, Ez Zahrani, Jbail, Jounie, Naqoura, Sidon, Tripoli, Tyre
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and terminals	Beirut, Tripoli
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total	401 km		[118th of 220]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	7,300 km		[119th of 172]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Paved	6,198 km		[24th of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	6,970 km		[36th of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Unpaved	1,102 km		[60th of 79]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international Syrian troops in central and eastern Lebanon since October 1976; Lebanese Government claims Shab'a Farms area of Israeli-occupied Golan Heights
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	104.9 per square km		[8th of 141]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001
Waterways	0 km		[76th of 165]
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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