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    Jamaica Transportation - 2004

    https://immigration-usa.com/wfb2004/jamaica/jamaica_transportation.html
    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Railways:
      total: 272 km
      standard gauge: 272 km 1.435-m gauge
      note: 207 km belonging to the Jamaica Railway Corporation were in common carrier service but are no longer operational; the remaining track is privately owned and used to transport bauxite (2002)

      Highways:
      total: 18,700 km
      paved: 13,109 km
      unpaved: 5,591 km (1999 est.)

      Waterways:
      none

      Pipelines:
      petroleum products 10 km

      Ports and harbors:
      Alligator Pond, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Montego Bay, Ocho Rios, Port Antonio, Rocky Point, Port Esquivel (Longswharf)

      Merchant marine:
      total: 6 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 74,881 GRT/100,682 DWT
      by type: bulk 2, petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 2, short-sea/passenger 1
      foreign-owned: Greece 2, Iceland 1, Latvia 1, United States 2 (2003 est.)

      Airports:
      35 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 11
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
      914 to 1,523 m: 4
      under 914 m: 5 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 24
      914 to 1,523 m: 2
      under 914 m: 22 (2003 est.)


      NOTE: The information regarding Jamaica on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jamaica Transportation 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jamaica Transportation 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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