IraqTransportation
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Railways: |
total: 2,200 km
standard gauge: 2,200 km 1.435-m gauge (2004)
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Highways: |
total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,399 km
unpaved: 7,151 km (1999)
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Waterways: |
5,275 km (not all navigable)
note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2004)
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Pipelines: |
gas 1,739 km; oil 5,418 km; refined products 1,343 km (2004)
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Ports and harbors: |
Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr
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Merchant marine: |
total: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 83,221 GRT/125,255 DWT
by type: cargo 11, petroleum tanker 3 (2005)
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Airports: |
111; note - unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war (2004 est.)
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Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 79
over 3,047 m: 21
2,438 to 3,047 m: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 10 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 32
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 12
under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)
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Heliports: |
6 (2004 est.)
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