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Transportation
Railways:
note: Libya has had no railroad in operation since 1965, all previous
systems having been dismantled; current plans are to construct
a 1.435-m standard gauge line from the Tunisian frontier to Tripoli
and Misratah, then inland to Sabha, center of a mineral-rich area,
but there has been no progress; other plans made jointly with
Egypt would establish a rail line from As Sallum, Egypt, to Tobruk
with completion set for mid-1994; no progress has been reported
Highways:
total: 83,200 km
paved: 47,590 km
unpaved: 35,610 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: none
Pipelines: crude oil 4,383 km; petroleum products 443 km (includes liquefied petroleum gas or LPG 256 km); natural gas 1,947 km
Ports and harbors: Al Khums, Banghazi, Darnah, Marsa al Burayqah, Misratah, Ra's Lanuf, Tobruk, Tripoli, Zuwarah
Merchant marine:
total: 30 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 588,928 GRT/989,662
DWT
ships by type: cargo 9, chemical tanker 1, liquefied gas tanker
3, oil tanker 9, roll-on/roll-off cargo 4, short-sea passenger
4 (1998 est.)
Airports: 143 (1998 est.)
Airports—with paved runways:
total: 60
over 3,047 m: 24
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 3 (1998 est.)
Airports—with unpaved runways:
total: 83
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 42
under 914 m: 19 (1998 est.)