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Transportation of Israel

Airports:53 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 30
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 6 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 23
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 20 (2006)
Heliports:3 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 193 km; oil 442 km; refined products 261 km (2006)
Railways:total: 853 km
standard gauge: 853 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 17,446 km
paved: 17,446 km (includes 144 km of expressways) (2004)
Merchant marine:total: 18 ships (1000 GRT or over) 716,382 GRT/845,053 DWT
by type: cargo 2, container 16
registered in other countries: 51 (Bahamas 1, Bermuda 3, Cyprus 3, Honduras 1, Liberia 5, Malta 23, Panama 6, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2, Slovakia 7) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Ashdod, Elat (Eilat), Hadera, Haifa

Israel Quickstats

  • Population: 6,426,679
  • Area: 20,770 sq km
  • Density: 324 /km² (34th)
  • GDP (total): $170.3 billion[³] (53rd)
  • GDP (per capita): $26,800[4] (37th)
  • Literacy: 97.1%

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  • Currency: New Israeli Sheqel (NIS)
  • Dial code: +972

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