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Transportation of Lebanon

Airports:7 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 5
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 43 km (2006)
Railways:total: 401 km
standard gauge: 319 km 1.435 m
narrow gauge: 82 km 1.050 m
note: rail system became unusable because of damage done during fighting in the 1980s and in 2006 (2006)
Roadways:total: 7,300 km
paved: 6,198 km
unpaved: 1,102 km (1999)
Merchant marine:total: 39 ships (1000 GRT or over) 150,598 GRT/178,295 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 18, livestock carrier 10, refrigerated cargo 1, roll on/roll off 3, vehicle carrier 3
foreign-owned: 4 (Greece 3, Syria 1)
registered in other countries: 59 (Antigua and Barbuda 1, Barbados 1, Cambodia 6, Comoros 6, Egypt 2, Georgia 7, Honduras 1, North Korea 6, Liberia 2, Malta 10, Mongolia 1, Panama 2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Syria 7, unknown 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Beirut, Chekka, Jounie, Tripoli

Lebanon Quickstats

  • Population: 3,925,502 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 10,400 sq km
  • Density: 358 /km² (26th)
  • GDP (total): $21.45 billion (103rd)
  • GDP (per capita): $5,500 (90th)
  • Literacy: 87.4%

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  • Currency: Lebanese lira (LL) (LBP)
  • Dial code: +961

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Lebanon Internet

  • Usage: 600,000
  • Penetration: 13.4 %
  • Top Domain: .le

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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