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Transportation in Portugal
Flag of Portugal Portugal
Population: 10,524,145 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Lisbon
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Tabular Data - Transportation in Portugal

Railways : total: 2,850 km
broad gauge: 2,576 km 1.668-m gauge (623 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 274 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)
Highways : total: 68,732 km
paved: 59,110 km (including 1441 km of expressways)
unpaved: 9,622 km (2000)
Waterways : 210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2003)
Pipelines : gas 482 km (2003)
Ports And Harbors : Aveiro, Funchal (Madeira Islands), Horta (Azores), Leixoes, Lisbon, Porto, Ponta Delgada (Azores), Praia da Vitoria (Azores), Setubal, Viana do Castelo
Merchant Marine : total: 122 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 872,557 GRT/1,236,025 DWT
by type: bulk 12, cargo 49, chemical tanker 19, container 8, liquefied gas 7, multi-functional large load carrier 1, passenger 6, petroleum tanker 7, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 5, short-sea/passenger 5, vehicle carrier 2
foreign-owned: Australia 1, Belgium 1, Cyprus 1, Denmark 7, Germany 21, Greece 2, Guadeloupe 1, Iceland 1, Italy 16, Japan 1, Malta 1, Norway 7, Panama 1, Spain 18, Switzerland 7, Ukraine 1, United Kingdom 1
registered in other countries: 24 (2003 est.)
Airports : 66 (2003 est.)
Airports w/Paved Runways : total: 40
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 7 (2003 est.)
Airports w/Unpaved Runways : total: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 25 (2003 est.)

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Data Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2004 World Factbook