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Transport Stats: compare key data on Glorioso Islands & Philippines

Definitions

  • Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
  • Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway
  • Airports > With unpaved runways > Total: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces)
  • Ports and harbors: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).
  • Ports and terminals: This entry lists major ports and terminals primarily on the basis of the amount of cargo tonnage shipped through the facilities on an annual basis. In some instances, the number of containers handled or ship visits were also considered.
  • Transnational Issues > Disputes > International: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country.
STAT Glorioso Islands Philippines HISTORY
Airports 1
Ranked 226th.
247
Ranked 24th. 247 times more than Glorioso Islands

Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 1
Ranked 135th.
68
Ranked 17th. 68 times more than Glorioso Islands
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 1
Ranked 193th.
158
Ranked 24th. 158 times more than Glorioso Islands

Ports and harbors none; offshore anchorage only Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Guimaras Island, Iligan, Iloilo, Jolo, Legaspi, Manila, Masao, Puerto Princesa, San Fernando, Subic Bay, Zamboanga
Ports and terminals none; offshore anchorage only Batangas, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Liman, Manila
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International claimed by <a href=/country/ma>Madagascar</a> involved in <a href=/encyclopedia/complex-number>complex</a> dispute with <a href=/country/ch>China</a>, <a href=/country/my>Malaysia</a>, <a href=/country/tw>Taiwan</a>, <a href=/country/vm>Vietnam</a> and possibly <a href=/country/bx>Brunei</a> over the <a href=/country/pg>Spratly Islands</a>, known locally as the Kalayaan (Freedom) Islands, the 2002 "Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South <a href=/country/ch>China</a> Sea," has eased tensions but falls short of a legally binding "code of conduct" desired by several of the disputants; <a href=/country/rp>Philippines</a> retains a dormant claim to Malaysia's Sabah <a href=/encyclopedia/U.S.-State>State</a> in northern Borneo based on the Sultanate of Sulu's granting the <a href=/country/rp>Philippines</a> <a href=/cat/Government>Government</a> power of attorney to pursue a sovereignty claim

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001

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