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Railways: total: 1,449 km broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2004)

Highways: total: 11,650 km paved: 11,068 km unpaved: 582 km (2002)

Waterways: 160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2004)

Pipelines:

Ports and harbors: Colombo, Galle

Merchant marine: total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 120,924 GRT/173,604 DWT by type: cargo 18, container 2, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 2 foreign-owned: 10 (Germany 10) registered in other countries: 1 (2005)

Airports: 14 (2004 est.)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 13 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Heliports:



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