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Taiwan Transportation 2009
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SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Taiwan Transportation 2009
SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Airports:
41 (2008)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 37
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 3 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2008)

Heliports:
4 (2007)

Pipelines:
gas 406 km (2008)

Railways:
total: 1,588 km
standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,093 km 1.067-m gauge; 150 km .762-m gauge
note: the 150 km of .762 gauge track belongs primarily to Taiwan Sugar Corporation and Taiwan Forestry Bureau; some to other entities (2007)

Roadways:
total: 40,262 km
paved: 38,171 km (includes 976 km of expressways)
unpaved: 2,091 km (2007)

Merchant marine:
total: 102
by type: bulk carrier 32, cargo 19, chemical tanker 1, container 24, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 14, refrigerated cargo 7, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 3 (Canada 2, France 1)
registered in other countries: 536 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 1, Honduras 2, Hong Kong 11, Indonesia 2, Italy 13, Kiribati 5, Liberia 91, Marshall Islands 1, Panama 320, Philippines 1, Sierra Leone 1, Singapore 72, Thailand 1, UK 11, unknown 3) (2008)

Ports and terminals:
Chilung (Keelung), Kaohsiung, Taichung


NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan Transportation 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan Transportation 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.






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