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Transportation of Cuba

Airports:170 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 78
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 37 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 92
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 62 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 49 km; oil 230 km (2006)
Railways:total: 4,226 km
standard gauge: 4,226 km 1.435-m gauge (140 km electrified)
note: an additional 7,742 km of track is used by sugar plantations; about 65% of this track is standard gauge; the rest is narrow gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 60,858 km
paved: 29,820 km (includes 638 km of expressway)
unpaved: 31,038 km (1999)
Waterways:240 km (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 11 ships (1000 GRT or over) 33,932 GRT/48,791 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 2, chemical tanker 1, passenger 1, petroleum tanker 3, refrigerated cargo 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 17 (Bahamas 1, Cyprus 2, Netherlands Antilles 1, Panama 11, Spain 1, unknown 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Cienfuegos, Havana, Matanzas

Cuba Quickstats

  • Population: 11,394,043 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 110,860 sq km
  • Density: 102 /km² (97th)
  • GDP (total): $44.54 billion (2006)
  • GDP (per capita): $3,900 (not ranked)
  • Literacy: 99.8%

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  • Currency: Peso (CUP)
  • Dial code: +53

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Cuba Internet

  • Usage: 150,000
  • Penetration: 1.3 %
  • Top Domain: .cu

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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