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    Portugal Transportation - 2005

    https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/portugal/portugal_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      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)

      Highways:
      total: 17,135 km
      paved: 14,736 km (including 1,659 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 2,399 km (2002)

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

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

      Ports and harbors:
      Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores), Setubal, Viana do Castelo

      Merchant marine:
      total: 114 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 872,557 GRT/1,236,025 DWT
      by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 38, chemical tanker 14, container 7, liquefied gas 9, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 7, petroleum tanker 9, roll on/roll off 4, vehicle carrier 8
      foreign-owned: 97 (Australia 1, Belgium 6, Denmark 5, Germany 18, Greece 4, Iceland 1, Italy 11, Japan 8, Lebanon 1, Malta 1, Norway 4, Spain 19, Switzerland 4)
      registered in other countries: 28 (2005)

      Airports:
      65 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 42
      over 3,047 m: 5
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
      914 to 1,523 m: 15
      under 914 m: 10 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 23
      914 to 1,523 m: 1
      under 914 m: 22 (2004 est.)


      NOTE: The information regarding Portugal 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 Portugal Transportation 2005 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Portugal Transportation 2005 should be addressed to the CIA.

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