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Transportation of Burma

Airports:85 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 21
over 3,047 m: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 64
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 32 (2006)
Heliports:1 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 2,224 km; oil 558 km (2006)
Railways:total: 3,955 km
narrow gauge: 3,955 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 27,000 km
paved: 3,200 km
unpaved: 23,800 km (2005)
Waterways:12,800 km (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 34 ships (1000 GRT or over) 402,699 GRT/620,642 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 20, passenger 2, passenger/cargo 3, specialized tanker 1
foreign-owned: 9 (Germany 5, Japan 4) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Moulmein, Rangoon, Sittwe

Burma Quickstats

  • Population: 47,373,958
  • Area: 678,500 sq km
  • Density: 75 /km² (119th)
  • GDP (total): $93.77 billion (59th)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,691 (150th)
  • Literacy: 89.9%

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  • Currency: kyat (K) (mmK)
  • Dial code: +95

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Burma Internet

  • Usage:
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  • Top Domain: .bm

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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