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Spain Transportation:

Railways:
total: 14,781 km (2004 est.)
broad gauge: 11,829 km 1.668-m gauge (6,950 km electrified)
standard gauge: 998 km 1.435-m gauge (998 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,926 km 1.000-m gauge (815 km electrified); 28 km 0.914-m gauge (28 km electrified)

Highways:
total: 664,852 km (2001 est.)
paved: 658,203 km (including 11,152 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,649 km

Waterways:
1,045 km (2003 est.)

Pipelines:
gas: 7,306 km
oil: 730 km
refined products: 3,512 km
(2004)

Ports and harbors:
Algeciras, Barcelona, Cartagena, Gijon, Huelva, La Coruna, Tarragona, Valencia

Merchant marine:
total: 182 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,740,974 GRT / 2,157,551 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 10, cargo 22, chemical tanker 16, container 19, liquefied gas 8, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 47, petroleum tanker 20, refrigerated cargo 6, roll on/roll off 25, vehicle carrier 7
foreign-owned: 29 (Cuba 2, Denmark 1, Germany 9, Italy 2, Norway 6, United States 7, Uruguay 2)
registered in other countries: 192
(2005)

Airports:
156 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 95
over 3047m: 15
2438 to 3047m: 10
1524 to 2437m: 19
914 to 1523m: 23
under 914m: 28
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 61
1524 to 2437m: 2
914 to 1523m: 15
under 914m: 44
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
8 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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