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    Sri Lanka Transportation 2000

      Railways:
      total: 1,463 km
      broad gauge: 1,404 km 1.676-m gauge
      narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (1996)

      Highways:
      total: 11,285 km
      paved: 10,721 km
      unpaved: 564 km (1998 est.)

      Waterways: 430 km; navigable by shallow-draft craft

      Pipelines: crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)

      Ports and harbors: Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee

      Merchant marine:
      total: 24 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 192,190 GRT/293,832 DWT
      ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 16, container 1, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 5 (1999 est.)

      Airports: 14 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 12
      over 3,047 m: 1
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
      914 to 1,523 m: 6 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 2
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
      under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)

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