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Burma - Transportation
By CIA Factbook
Jun 25, 2008, 08:16

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Transportation Burma
Railways:
total: 3,955 km
narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Highways:
total: 28,200 km
paved: 3,440 km
unpaved: 24,760 km (1996 est.)
Waterways:
12,800 km
note: 3,200 km navigable by large commercial vessels
Pipelines:
gas 2,056 km; oil 558 km (2003)
Ports and harbors:
Bhamo, Chauk, Mandalay, Moulmein, Myitkyina, Pathein, Rangoon, Sittwe, Tavoy
Merchant marine:
total: 31 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 384,529 GRT/608,609 DWT
foreign-owned: Germany 6, Japan 4 (2003 est.)
by type: bulk 8, cargo 18, container 1, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 1
Airports:
79 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 9
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2003 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 70
under 914 m: 32 (2003 est.)
914 to 1,523 m: 20
over 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
Heliports:
1 (2003 est.)




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