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    Taiwan Transportation - 2003
    https://theodora.com/wfb2003/taiwan/taiwan_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways: total: 1,108 km
      narrow gauge: 1,108 km 1.067-m gauge (519 km electrified)
      note: there also are 1,255 km of 1.067-m gauge routes belonging to the Taiwan Sugar Corporation and to the Taiwan Forestry Bureau used to haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2002)


      Highways: total: 34,901 km
      paved: 31,271 km (including 538 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 3,630 km (1998 est.)


      Waterways: NA


      Pipelines: petroleum products 3,400 km; natural gas 1,800 km (1999)


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


      Merchant marine: total: 142 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 3,973,958 GRT/6,306,361 DWT
      note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Hong Kong 3, Japan 1 (2002 est.)
      ships by type: bulk 41, cargo 22, chemical tanker 2, combination bulk 3, container 45, petroleum tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 2


      Airports: 39 (2002)


      Airports - with paved runways: total: 37
      over 3,047 m: 8
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
      914 to 1,523 m: 8
      under 914 m: 2 (2002)
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 11


      Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 2
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
      under 914 m: 1 (2002)


      Heliports: 3 (2002)

      NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan Transportation 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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