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Transportation of Portugal

Airports:66 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 43
over 3,047 m: 5
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 11 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 23
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 22 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 1,099 km; oil 8 km; refined products 174 km (2006)
Railways:total: 2,786 km
broad gauge: 2,603 km 1.668-m gauge (1,351 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 183 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 78,470 km
paved: 67,484 km (includes 2,002 km of expressways)
unpaved: 10,986 km (2004)
Waterways:210 km (on Douro River from Porto) (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 111 ships (1000 GRT or over) 1,077,300 GRT/1,363,435 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 11, cargo 27, chemical tanker 15, container 7, liquefied gas 11, passenger 9, passenger/cargo 10, petroleum tanker 8, roll on/roll off 4, vehicle carrier 9
foreign-owned: 82 (Australia 1, Belgium 8, Cyprus 1, Denmark 4, Germany 17, Greece 4, Italy 12, Japan 9, Malta 1, Mexico 1, Netherlands 1, Norway 4, Spain 15, Switzerland 3, US 1)
registered in other countries: 16 (Cyprus 2, Hong Kong 1, Malta 3, Panama 10) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Leixoes, Lisbon, Setubal, Sines

Portugal Quickstats

  • Population: 10,642,836 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 92,391 sq km
  • Density: 114 /km² (87th)
  • GDP (total): $229.881 billion (40th)
  • GDP (per capita): $23,464 (2007) (34th)
  • Literacy: 93.3%

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  • Currency: Euro (€)² (EUR)
  • Dial code: +351

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