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Transportation of Italy

Airports:133 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 98
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 30
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 14 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 35
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 14
under 914 m: 19 (2006)
Heliports:5 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 17,589 km; oil 1,136 km (2006)
Railways:total: 19,460 km
standard gauge: 18,038 km 1.435-m gauge (11,354 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 123 km 1.000-m gauge (123 km electrified); 1,299 km 0.950-m gauge (161 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 484,688 km
paved: 484,688 km (includes 6,621 km of expressways) (2004)
Waterways:2,400 km
note: used for commercial traffic; of limited overall value compared to road and rail (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 591 ships (1000 GRT or over) 11,737,175 GRT/12,573,225 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 52, cargo 45, chemical tanker 136, container 25, liquefied gas 37, livestock carrier 3, passenger 16, passenger/cargo 150, petroleum tanker 49, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 33, specialized tanker 13, vehicle carrier 28
foreign-owned: 36 (France 1, Greece 6, Spain 1, Taiwan 10, UK 3, US 15)
registered in other countries: 152 (Bahamas 5, Belize 4, Cayman Islands 12, Cyprus 2, France 2, Germany 1, Gibraltar 6, Isle of Man 5, Jamaica 1, Liberia 16, Malta 29, Marshall Islands 1, Norway 4, Panama 15, Portugal 12, Romania 1, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 18, Singapore 2, Spain 2, Sweden 7, Turkey 3, UK 4) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Augusta, Genoa, Livorno, Melilli Oil Terminal, Ravenna, Taranto, Trieste, Venice

Italy Quickstats

  • Population: 58,147,733 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 301,230 sq km
  • Density: 196.2 /km² (54th)
  • GDP (total): $1.956 trillion[¹] (8th)
  • GDP (per capita): $31,200[²] (20th)
  • Literacy: 98.4%

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  • Currency: Euro (€)² (EUR)
  • Dial code: +39

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