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Laos Transportation:

Railways:
total: 0 km
gauge: NA

Highways:
total: 14,000 km (1991 est.)
paved: 3,360 km
unpaved: 10,640 km

Waterways:
4,587 km (2003 est.)
note: Primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m

Pipelines:
petroleum products: 136 km

Ports and harbors:
none

Merchant marine:
total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 2,370 GRT / 3,110 DWT
by type: cargo 1
(2002)

Airports:
51 (2002 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 9
2438 to 3047m: 1
1524 to 2437m: 5
914 to 1523m: 3
(2002 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 42
1524 to 2437m: 1
914 to 1523m: 15
under 914m: 26
(2002 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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