My World Factbook
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Transportation
11 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
155
total: 7
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2010)
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2010)
oil 5 km; refined products 309 km (2009)
total: 947 km
country comparison to the world: 93
narrow gauge: 947 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
total: 62,221 km
country comparison to the world: 74
paved: 9,955 km
unpaved: 52,266 km (2006)
1,293 km
country comparison to the world: 58
note: 168 km for launches and lighters on Volta, Ankobra, and Tano rivers; 1,125 km of arterial and feeder waterways on Lake Volta (2008)
total: 4
country comparison to the world: 135
by type: petroleum tanker 1, refrigerated cargo 3
foreign-owned: 2 (Brazil 1, South Korea 1) (2010)
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