Sri Lanka Transportation - 2005

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SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Railways:
total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2004)

Highways:
total: 11,650 km
paved: 11,068 km
unpaved: 582 km (2002)

Waterways:
160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2004)

Ports and harbors:
Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee

Merchant marine:
total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 120,924 GRT/173,604 DWT
by type: cargo 18, container 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 10 (Germany 10)
registered in other countries: 1 (2005)

Airports:
14 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 13
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

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

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