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Introduction - Saudi Arabia: | Location - Saudi Arabia: | People - Saudi Arabia: | Government - Saudi Arabia: | Economy - Saudi Arabia: | Communications - Saudi Arabia: | Transportation - Saudi Arabia: | Airports | 208 (2006) | | Airports with paved runways | total: 73
over 3,047 m: 32
2,438 to 3,047 m: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2006) | | Airports with unpaved runways | total: 135
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 75
914 to 1,523 m: 40
under 914 m: 12 (2006) | | Heliports | 6 (2006) | | Pipelines | condensate 212 km; gas 1,880 km; liquid petroleum gas 1,183 km; oil 4,531 km; refined products 1,150 km (2006) | | Railways | total: 1,392 km
standard gauge: 1,392 km 1.435-m gauge (with branch lines and sidings) (2006) | | Roadways | total: 152,044 km
paved: 45,461 km
unpaved: 106,583 km (2000) | | Merchant marine | total: 60 ships (1000 GRT or over) 837,272 GRT/1,064,377 DWT
by type: cargo 5, chemical tanker 15, container 4, passenger/cargo 8, petroleum tanker 18, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 9
foreign-owned: 9 (Egypt 2, Kuwait 5, Sudan 1, UAE 1)
registered in other countries: 55 (Bahamas 12, Comoros 3, Dominica 3, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 1, Liberia 24, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 3, Panama 8) (2006) | | Ports and terminals | Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Jiddah, Yanbu al Sinaiyah | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |