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    Taiwan Transportation - 2005

    https://allcountries.org/wfb2005/taiwan/taiwan_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2005 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways:
      total: 2,497 km
      narrow gauge: 1,097 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 haul products and limited numbers of passengers (2004)

      Highways:
      total: 37,299 km
      paved: 35,621 km (including 608 km of expressways)
      unpaved: 1,678 km (2002)

      Pipelines:
      condensate 25 km; gas 435 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:
      Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung

      Merchant marine:
      total: 126 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 3,417,768 GRT/5,617,318 DWT
      by type: bulk carrier 36, cargo 23, chemical tanker 2, container 37, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 15, refrigerated cargo 9, roll on/roll off 1
      foreign-owned: 3 (Hong Kong 3)
      registered in other countries: 432 (2005)

      Airports:
      40 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 37
      over 3,047 m: 8
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
      914 to 1,523 m: 8
      under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 3
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
      under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)

      Heliports:
      3 (2004 est.)


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

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