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TRANSPORTATION
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Railways:
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total:
1,390 km
standard gauge: 1,390 km 1.435-m gauge (448 km double track)
(1992) |
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Highways:
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total:
162,000 km
paved: 69,174 km
unpaved: 92,826 km (1996 est.) |
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Pipelines:
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crude
oil 6,400 km; petroleum products 150 km; natural gas 2,200 km
(includes natural gas liquids 1,600 km) |
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Ports
and Harbors:
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Ad
Dammam, Al Jubayl, Duba, Jiddah, Jizan, Rabigh, Ra's al Khafji,
Mishab, Ras Tanura, Yanbu' al Bahr, Madinat Yanbu' al Sinaiyah |
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Merchant
Marine:
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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.) |
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Airports:
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205
(1998 est.) |
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Airports
- with Paved Runways:
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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.) |
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Airports
- with Unpaved Runways:
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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.) |
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Heliports:
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4
(1998 est.) |
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