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Libya Transportation:

Railways:
total: 0 km (2004 est.)
gauge: NA
note: Libya is working on 7 lines totaling 2,757 km of 1.435-m gauge track; it hopes to have trains running by 2008

Highways:
total: 83,200 km (1999 est.)
paved: 47,590 km
unpaved: 35,610 km

Pipelines:
condensate: 225 km
gas: 3,611 km
oil: 7,252 km
(2004)

Ports and harbors:
As Sidrah, Az Zuwaytinah, Marsa al Burayqah, Ra's Lanuf, Tripoli, Zawiyah

Merchant marine:
total: 17 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 129,627 GRT / 105,110 DWT
by type: cargo 7, liquefied gas 3, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 4
foreign-owned: 1 (Algeria 1)
(2005)

Airports:
139 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 59
over 3047m: 23
2438 to 3047m: 6
1524 to 2437m: 23
914 to 1523m: 5
under 914m: 2
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 80
over 3047m: 5
2438 to 3047m: 2
1524 to 2437m: 14
914 to 1523m: 41
under 914m: 18
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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