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Transportation of Slovakia

Airports:36 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 18
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 8 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 8 (2006)
Heliports:1 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 6,769 km; oil 416 km (2006)
Railways:total: 3,662 km
broad gauge: 100 km 1.520-m gauge
standard gauge: 3,512 km 1.435-m gauge (1,588 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 50 km (1.000-m or 0.750-m gauge) (2006)
Roadways:total: 42,993 km
paved: 37,533 km (includes 316 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,460 km (2004)
Waterways:172 km (on Danube River) (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 43 ships (1000 GRT or over) 217,819 GRT/309,049 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 36, chemical tanker 1
foreign-owned: 40 (Bulgaria 7, Estonia 1, Greece 4, Israel 7, Poland 2, Syria 2, Turkey 8, UK 1, Ukraine 8)
registered in other countries: 2 (Cyprus 1, Georgia 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Bratislava, Komarno

Slovakia Quickstats

  • Population: 5,447,502 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 48,845 sq km
  • Density: 111 /km² (88th)
  • GDP (total): $99.19 billion (61st)
  • GDP (per capita): $19,171 (46th)
  • Literacy: 99.6%

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  • Currency: Slovak koruna (SKK)
  • Dial code: +421³

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