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Transportation of Switzerland

Airports:65 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 42
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 8
under 914 m: 16 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 23
under 914 m: 23 (2006)
Heliports:2 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 1,831 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km (2006)
Railways:total: 4,839 km
standard gauge: 3,561 km 1.435-m gauge (3,195 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 1,268 km 1.000-m gauge (1,274 km electrified); 10 km 0.800-m gauge (10 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 71,297 km
paved: 71,297 km (includes 1,728 of expressways) (2004)
Waterways:65 km (Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee) (2003)
Merchant marine:total: 27 ships (1000 GRT or over) 492,434 GRT/810,559 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 9, cargo 10, chemical tanker 3, container 4, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 2 (Monaco 2)
registered in other countries: 320 (Antigua and Barbuda 4, Bahamas 2, Belize 1, Bermuda 2, Cyprus 4, France 2, French Southern and Antarctic Lands 1, Germany 1, Indonesia 3, Liberia 7, Malta 21, Marshall Islands 13, Mauritius 2, Morocco 1, Panama 226, Portugal 3, Russia 7, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13, Tonga 1, Turkey 1, UK 3, Vanuatu 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Basel

Switzerland Quickstats

  • Population: 7,554,661 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 41,290 sq km
  • Density: 182 /km² (61st)
  • GDP (total): $264.1 billion (39th)
  • GDP (per capita): $32,300 (10th)
  • Literacy: 99%

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  • Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)
  • Dial code: +41

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