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Transportation of Syria

Airports:92 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 26
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 15
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 66
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 54 (2006)
Heliports:7 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 2,764 km; oil 2,000 km (2006)
Railways:total: 2,711 km
standard gauge: 2,460 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 251 km 1.050-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 94,890 km
paved: 19,073 km
unpaved: 75,817 km (2004)
Waterways:900 km (not economically significant) (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 108 ships (1000 GRT or over) 386,603 GRT/563,506 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 93, container 1, livestock carrier 4, petroleum tanker 1, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 11 (Lebanon 7, Romania 3, UAE 1)
registered in other countries: 130 (Cambodia 20, Comoros 4, Cyprus 3, Dominica 1, Georgia 43, Hong Kong 1, North Korea 14, Lebanon 1, Malta 7, Mongolia 1, Panama 18, Saint Kitts and Nevis 3, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6, Sierra Leone 1, Slovakia 2, unknown 5) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Baniyas, Latakia

Syria Quickstats

  • Population: 19,314,747
  • Area: 185,180 sq km
  • Density: 103 /km² (96th)
  • GDP (total): $71.74 billion (65th)
  • GDP (per capita): $5,348 (101st)
  • Literacy: 79.6%

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  • Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)
  • Dial code: +963

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Syria Internet

  • Usage: 800,000
  • Penetration: 4.3 %
  • Top Domain: .sy

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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