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Geography Categories
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JamaicaTransportation
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Railways: |
total: 272 km
standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge
note: 207 of these km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation had been in common carrier service until 1992 but are no longer operational; 57 km of the remaining track is privately owned and used by ALCAN to transport bauxite (2003)
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Highways: |
total: 18,700 km
paved: 13,109 km
unpaved: 5,591 km (1999 est.)
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Ports and harbors: |
Kingston, Port Esquivel, Port Kaiser, Port Rhoades, Rocky Point
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Merchant marine: |
total: 9 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 74,881 GRT/100,682 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 5, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 8 (Germany 2, Greece 5, UAE 1) (2005)
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Airports: |
35 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 11
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 22 (2004 est.)
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More about Jamaica:
Introduction
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Economy
Communications
Military
Transnational Issues
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Geography INDEX:
List of Terms: Terms beginning with "A", Page 1 |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 A: Page 1 of 6.
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