Iraq: Transportation
| Transportation | Iraq |
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Railways:
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total: 1,963 km
standard gauge: 1,963 km 1.435-m gauge (2003) |
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Highways:
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total: 45,550 km
paved: 38,399 km unpaved: 7,151 km (2000 est.) |
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Waterways:
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1,015 km
note: Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft boats; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf war |
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Pipelines:
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gas 1,739 km; oil 5,418 km; refined products 1,343 km (2003) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, and Al Basrah have limited functionality |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 83,221 GRT/125,255 DWT
by type: cargo 6, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 5, roll on/roll off 1 registered in other countries: 3 (2003 est.) |
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Airports:
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111; note - unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war (2003 est.) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 79
over 3,047 m: 21 2,438 to 3,047 m: 36 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 10 (2003 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 32
under 914 m: 9 (2003 est.) over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 12 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 |
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Heliports:
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6 (2003 est.) |