Syria Transportation:
Railways:
total: 2,711 km (2004 est.)
standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge
Highways:
total: 45,697 km (2002 est.)
paved: 6,489 km (including 1,001 km of expressways)
unpaved: 39,208 km
Waterways:
900 km (not economically significant) (2002 est.)
Pipelines:
gas: 2,300 km
oil: 2,183 km
(2004)
Ports and harbors:
Baniyas, Latakia
Merchant marine:
total: 120 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 446,981 GRT / 636,620 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 105, container 1, livestock carrier 4, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 12 (Egypt 1, Greece 1, Jordan 2, Lebanon 7, Romania 1)
registered in other countries: 73
(2005)
Airports:
92 (2004 est.)
Airports — with paved runways:
total: 26
over 3047m: 5
2438 to 3047m: 16
914 to 1523m: 3
under 914m: 2
(2004 est.)
Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 66
1524 to 2437m: 2
914 to 1523m: 10
under 914m: 54
(2004 est.)
Heliports:
7 (2004 est.)
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