Transportation in Syria
Transportation in Syria
Syrian Transportation
Railways: total: 2,711 km standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
Highways:
Waterways: 900 km (not economically significant) (2008)
Pipelines: gas 2,900 km; oil 2,000 km (2008)
Ports and harbors:
Merchant marine: total: 77 by type: bulk carrier 5, cargo 65, carrier 4, container 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 7 (Jordan 2, Lebanon 3, Romania 2) registered in other countries: 196 (Barbados 1, Bolivia 2, Cambodia 48, Comoros 4, Cyprus 2, Dominica 2, Georgia 49, Hong Kong 1, North Korea 1, Lebanon 2, Libya 2, Malta 6, Moldova 1, Panama 32, Saint Kitts and Nevis 7, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13, Sierra Leone 18, Slovakia 2, Togo 2, unknown 1) (2008)
Airports: 101 (2008)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 28 over 3,047 m: 6 2,438 to 3,047 m: 15 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 5 (2008)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 73 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 14 under 914 m: 58 (2008)
Heliports: 7 (2007)