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Papua New GuineaTransportation
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Highways: |
total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km
unpaved: 18,914 km (1999 est.)
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Waterways: |
10,940 km (2003)
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Pipelines: |
oil 264 km (2004)
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Ports and harbors: |
Kieta, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul
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Merchant marine: |
total: 22 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 47,586 GRT/60,934 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 17, chemical tanker 1, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 8 (Singapore 2, United Kingdom 6) (2005)
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Airports: |
571 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 21
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 550
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 62
under 914 m: 478 (2004 est.)
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Heliports: |
2 (2004 est.)
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More about Papua New Guinea:
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World Factbook INDEX:
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