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Transportation of Tunisia

Airports:30 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 14
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 16
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 7 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 2,945 km; oil 1,227 km; refined products 351 km (2006)
Railways:total: 2,153 km
standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-m gauge (65 km electrified)
dual gauge: 8 km 1.435 m and 1.000-m gauges (three rails) (2006)
Roadways:total: 19,232 km
paved: 12,655 km (includes 262 km of expressways)
unpaved: 6,577 km (2004)
Merchant marine:total: 9 ships (1000 GRT or over) 146,759 GRT/115,118 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 1, chemical tanker 3, passenger/cargo 4 (2006)
Ports and terminals:Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Skhira

Tunisia Quickstats

  • Population: 10,276,158 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 163,610 sq km
  • Density: 62 /km² (133rd (2005))
  • GDP (total): $ 86.67 billion (63rd)
  • GDP (per capita): $8,255 (71st)
  • Literacy: 74.3%

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  • Currency: Tunisian dinar (TND)
  • Dial code: +216

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