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Railways: total:  4,600 km (519 km electrified)

narrow gauge:  4,600 km 1.067-m

note:  only 1,108 km of route length (including the electrified part) is used in common carrier service by the Taiwan Railway Administration; the remaining 3,492 km is dedicated to industrial use (1999)
Highways: total:  34,901 km

paved:  31,271 km (including 538 km of expressways)

unpaved:  3,630 km (1998 est.)
Waterways: NA
Pipelines: petroleum products 3,400 km; natural gas 1,800 km (1999)
Ports and harbors: Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung
Merchant marine: total:  167 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 4,768,145 GRT/7,508,941 DWT

ships by type:  bulk 45, cargo 29, combination bulk 1, container 65, petroleum tanker 17, refrigerated cargo 8, roll on/roll off 2 (2000 est.)
Airports: 39 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total:  35

over 3,047 m:  8

2,438 to 3,047 m:  9

1,524 to 2,437 m:  8

914 to 1,523 m:  7

under 914 m:  3 (2000 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total:  4

1,524 to 2,437 m:  1

under 914 m:  3 (2000 est.)
Heliports: 3 (2000 est.)

 

Countryfacts Information Courtesy: CIA Worldbook








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