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Burma Transportation:

Railways:
total: 3,955 km (2004 est.)
narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge

Highways:
total: 28,200 km (1996 est.)
paved: 3,440 km
unpaved: 24,760 km

Waterways:
12,800 km (2004 est.)

Pipelines:
gas: 2,056 km
oil: 558 km

Ports and harbors:
Moulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe

Merchant marine:
total: 37 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 429,144 GRT / 659,622 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 19, passenger 3, passenger/cargo 3, roll on'roll off 3, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 10 (Germany 4, Japan 5, United Kingdom 1)
(2005)

Airports:
78 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 9
over 3047m: 2
2438 to 3047m: 5
1524 to 2437m: 2
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 69
over 3047m: 2
1524 to 2437m: 16
914 to 1523m: 20
under 914m: 31
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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