Iraqi Transportation, Iraq Transportation
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Railways: Total: 2,200 km standard gauge: 2,200 km 1.435-m gauge (2004)
Highways: Total: 45,550 km paved: 38,399 km unpaved: 7,151 km (1999)
Waterways: 5,275 km (not all navigable) note: Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River (1,895 km), and Third River (565 km) are principal waterways (2004)
Pipelines: Gas 1,739 km; oil 5,418 km; refined products 1,343 km (2004)
Ports and harbors: Al Basrah, Khawr az Zubayr, Umm Qasr
Merchant marine: Total: 14 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 83,221 GRT/125,255 DWT by type: cargo 11, petroleum tanker 3 (2005)
Airports: 111; note - unknown number were damaged during the March-April 2003 war (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: Total: 79 over 3,047 m: 21 2,438 to 3,047 m: 36 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 7 under 914 m: 10 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 32 over 3,047 m: 2 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 12 under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)
Heliports: 6 (2004 est.)
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a...