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Transportation of Puerto Rico

Airports:30 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 17
over 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 5 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 13
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 10 (2006)
Railways:total: 96 km
narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 25,735 km
paved: 24,353 km (includes 427 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,382 km (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 3 ships (1000 GRT or over) 77,177 GRT/50,138 DWT
by type: roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 3 (US 3)
registered in other countries: 1 (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Las Mareas, Mayaguez, San Juan

Puerto Rico Quickstats

  • Population: 3,944,259 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 13,790 sq km
  • Density: 434 /km² (21st)
  • GDP (total): $74.89 billion (68th)
  • GDP (per capita): $19,100 (N/A)
  • Literacy: 94.1%

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  • Currency: United States dollar (USD)
  • Dial code: +1-787 and +1-939

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