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    Taiwan Transportation - 2006
    http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/taiwan/taiwan_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      42 (2005)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 38
      over 3,047 m: 8
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
      914 to 1,523 m: 8
      under 914 m: 2 (2005)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 4
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
      under 914 m: 3 (2005)

      Heliports:
      3 (2005)

      Pipelines:
      condensate 25 km; gas 435 km (2004)

      Railways:
      total: 2,497 km
      narrow gauge: 1,097 km 1.067-m gauge (685 km electrified)
      note: 1,400 km .762-m gauge (belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau) used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2004)

      Roadways:
      total: 37,299 km
      paved: 35,621 km (including 1,789 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 1,678 km (2002)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 123 ships (1000 GRT or over) 3,095,383 GRT/5,044,249 DWT
      by type: barge carrier 2, bulk carrier 33, cargo 22, chemical tanker 2, container 35, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 8, roll on/roll off 2
      foreign-owned: 3 (Hong Kong 3)
      registered in other countries: 450 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 2, Gibraltar 1, Honduras 2, Hong Kong 8, Italy 10, Liberia 68, Malta 1, Panama 302, Philippines 2, Singapore 49, UK 1, US 1, unknown 2) (2005)

      Ports and terminals:
      Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung


      NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan Transportation 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan Transportation 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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