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Transportation of Iran

Airports:321 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 129
over 3,047 m: 41
2,438 to 3,047 m: 26
1,524 to 2,437 m: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 6 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 192
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 140
under 914 m: 43 (2006)
Heliports:15 (2006)
Pipelines:condensate 7 km; condensate/gas 397 km; gas 17,099 km; liquid petroleum gas 570 km; oil 8,521 km; refined products 7,808 km (2006)
Railways:total: 8,367 km
broad gauge: 94 km 1.676-m gauge
standard gauge: 8,273 km 1.435-m gauge (146 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 179,388 km
paved: 120,782 km (includes 878 km of expressways)
unpaved: 58,606 km (2003)
Waterways:850 km (on Karun River; additional service on Lake Urmia) (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 141 ships (1000 GRT or over) 5,086,702 GRT/8,878,829 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 39, cargo 45, chemical tanker 4, container 12, liquefied gas 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 6, petroleum tanker 30, roll on/roll off 3
foreign-owned: 1 (UAE 1)
registered in other countries: 22 (Bolivia 1, Cyprus 2, Malta 14, Panama 4, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Assaluyeh, Bushehr

Iran Quickstats

  • Population: 65,397,521 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 1.648 million sq km
  • Density: 42 /km² (158th)
  • GDP (total): $610 billion (2006)[¹]
  • GDP (per capita): $8,900 (2006)[¹]
  • Literacy: 77%

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  • Currency: Iranian rial (IRR)
  • Dial code: +98

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