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Philippines Transportation:

Railways:
total: 897 km (2004 est.)
narrow gauge: 897 km 1.067-m gauge (492 km are in operation)

Highways:
total: 202,124 km (2002 est.)
paved: 19,202 km
unpaved: 182,922 km

Waterways:
3,219 km (2004 est.)
note: Limited to vessels with draft less than 1.5 m

Pipelines:
gas: 565 km
oil: 135 km
refined products: 100 km
(2004)

Ports and harbors:
Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iligan, Iloilo, Manila, Surigao

Merchant marine:
total: 419 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,524,259 GRT / 6,437,171 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 85, cargo 109, chemical tanker 13, container 5, liquefied gas 7, livestock carrier 15, passenger 11, passenger/cargo 73, petroleum tanker 47, refrigerated cargo 23, roll on/roll off 17, vehicle carrier 14
foreign-owned: 69 (Canada 1, China 2, Germany 2, Greece 5, Hong Kong 2, Japan 31, Malaysia 2, Netherlands 20, Norway 1, UAE 1, United States 2)
registered in other countries: 40
(2005)

Airports:
255 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 82
over 3047m: 4
2438 to 3047m: 6
1524 to 2437m: 26
914 to 1523m: 35
under 914m: 11
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 173
1524 to 2437m: 5
914 to 1523m: 68
under 914m: 100
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
2 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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