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Transportation of Albania

Airports:11 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 8
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2006)
Heliports:1 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 339 km; oil 207 km (2006)
Railways:total: 447 km
standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 18,000 km
paved: 7,020 km
unpaved: 10,980 km (2002)
Waterways:43 km (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 24 ships (1000 GRT or over) 52,987 GRT/79,863 DWT
by type: cargo 23, roll on/roll off 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Turkey 1)
registered in other countries: 1 (Georgia 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore

Albania Quickstats

  • Population: 3,600,523 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 28,748 sq km
  • Density: 134 /km²
  • GDP (total): $19.818 billion¹ (112th)
  • GDP (per capita): $6,259 (100th)
  • Literacy: 98.7%

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  • Currency: Lek (ALL)
  • Dial code: +355

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