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    Liberia Transportation - 2005

    https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/liberia/liberia_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways:
      total: 490 km
      standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
      narrow gauge: 145 km 1.067-m gauge
      note: none of the railways are in operation because of the civil war (2004)

      Highways:
      total: 10,600 km
      paved: 657 km
      unpaved: 9,943 km (1999 est.)

      Ports and harbors:
      Buchanan, Monrovia

      Merchant marine:
      total: 1,465 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 50,555,752 GRT/79,125,329 DWT
      by type: barge carrier 3, bulk carrier 275, cargo 91, chemical tanker 173, combination ore/oil 22, container 388, liquefied gas 78, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 324, refrigerated cargo 57, roll on/roll off 6, specialized tanker 9, vehicle carrier 35
      foreign-owned: 1,392 (Argentina 8, Australia 2, Austria 13, Bahamas 3, Brazil 6, British 1, Canada 2, Chile 1, China 36, Croatia 7, Cyprus 1, Denmark 5, France 3, Germany 511, Greece 149, Hong Kong 29, India 4, Indonesia 1, Isle of Man 5, Israel 7, Italy 12, Japan 106, Latvia 18, Monaco 10, Netherlands 18, Nigeria 1, Norway 57, Pakistan 1, Poland 14, Romania 1, Russia 63, Saudi Arabia 23, Singapore 29, Slovenia 1, South Korea 4, Sweden 12, Switzerland 10, Taiwan 54, Turkey 4, Ukraine 7, UAE 10, United Kingdom 56, United States 84, Uruguay 3) (2005)

      Airports:
      53 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 2
      over 3,047 m: 1
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 51
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
      914 to 1,523 m: 8
      under 914 m: 38 (2004 est.)


      NOTE: The information regarding Liberia on this page is re-published from the 2005 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Liberia Transportation 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia Transportation 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.

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