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    Portugal Transportation - 2006

    https://theodora.com/wfbcurrent/portugal/portugal_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Airports:
      66 (2005)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 42
      over 3,047 m: 5
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
      914 to 1,523 m: 14
      under 914 m: 10 (2005)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 24
      914 to 1,523 m: 1
      under 914 m: 23 (2005)

      Pipelines:
      gas 1,099 km; oil 8 km; refined products 174 km (2004)

      Railways:
      total: 2,850 km
      broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
      narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2004)

      Roadways:
      total: 72,600 km
      paved: 62,436 km (including 1,700 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 10,164 km (2002)

      Waterways:
      210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 113 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,121,828 GRT/1,475,213 DWT
      by type: bulk carrier 14, cargo 28, chemical tanker 15, container 7, liquefied gas 11, passenger 9, passenger/cargo 8, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 4, vehicle carrier 9
      foreign-owned: 87 (Australia 1, Belgium 7, Denmark 7, Germany 17, Greece 4, Italy 10, Japan 9, Lebanon 1, Malta 1, Mexico 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 8, Spain 17, Switzerland 3)
      registered in other countries: 19 (Cyprus 1, Malta 4, Marshall Islands 2, Panama 12) (2005)

      Ports and terminals:
      Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines


      NOTE: The information regarding Portugal 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 Portugal Transportation 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Portugal Transportation 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.

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