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Saudi Arabia Transportation 1999

    Railways:
    total: 1,390 km
    standard gauge: 1,390 km 1.435-m gauge (448 km double track) (1992)

    Highways:
    total: 162,000 km
    paved: 69,174 km
    unpaved: 92,826 km (1996 est.)

    Pipelines: crude oil 6,400 km; petroleum products 150 km; natural gas 2,200 km (includes natural gas liquids 1,600 km)

    Ports and harbors: Ad Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji, Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah

    Merchant marine:
    total: 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,124,110 GRT/1,467,121 DWT
    ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 13, chemical tanker 7, container 5, liquefied gas tanker 1, livestock carrier 4, oil tanker 17, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 12, short-sea passenger 8 (1998 est.)

    Airports: 205 (1998 est.)

    Airports—with paved runways:
    total: 70
    over 3,047 m: 30
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 23
    914 to 1,523 m: 3
    under 914 m: 2 (1998 est.)

    Airports—with unpaved runways:
    total: 135
    over 3,047 m: 1
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 78
    914 to 1,523 m: 38
    under 914 m: 13 (1998 est.)

    Heliports: 4 (1998 est.)

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