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Transportation of Mongolia

Airports:44 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 12
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 32
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 24
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Heliports:2 (2006)
Railways:total: 1,810 km
broad gauge: 1,810 km 1.524-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 49,250 km
paved: 1,724 km
unpaved: 47,526 km (2002)
Waterways:580 km
note: only waterway in operation is Lake Hovsgol (135 km); Selenge River (270 km) and Orhon River (175 km) are navigable but carry little traffic; lakes and rivers freeze in winter, are open from May to September (2004)
Merchant marine:total: 61 ships (1000 GRT or over) 319,053 GRT/479,190 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 8, cargo 49, passenger/cargo 1, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 49 (China 4, Japan 1, North Korea 3, Lebanon 1, Malaysia 1, Russia 13, Singapore 10, Syria 1, Thailand 1, UAE 5, Ukraine 1, Vietnam 8) (2006)

Mongolia Quickstats

  • Population: 2,951,786 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 1,564,116 sq km
  • Density: 1.7 /km² (227th)
  • GDP (total): $5.56 billion (147th)
  • GDP (per capita): $2,175 (138th)
  • Literacy: 97.8%

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  • Currency: Tögrög (MNT)
  • Dial code: +976

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