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Introduction - Taiwan: | Location - Taiwan: | People - Taiwan: | Government - Taiwan: | Economy - Taiwan: | Communications - Taiwan: | Transportation - Taiwan: | Airports | 42 (2006) | | Airports with paved runways | total: 38
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 2 (2006) | | Airports with unpaved runways | total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2006) | | Heliports | 3 (2006) | | Pipelines | condensate 25 km; gas 661 km (2006) | | Railways | total: 2,502 km
narrow gauge: 1,102 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 carry products and limited numbers of passengers (2006) | | Roadways | total: 37,299 km
paved: 35,621 km (includes 789 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,678 km (2002) | | Merchant marine | total: 112 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,798,992 GRT/4,652,921 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 35, cargo 22, chemical tanker 2, container 25, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 16, refrigerated cargo 7, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 3 (Hong Kong 3)
registered in other countries: 463 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 2, Honduras 2, Hong Kong 6, Italy 10, Liberia 69, Malta 2, Panama 308, Singapore 59, UK 1, US 1, unknown 2) (2006) | | Ports and terminals | Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, Tai-chung | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |