Transport in Oman

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This article is about transport in Oman.

Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Railway links with adjacent countries 2 Highways 3 Pipelines 4 Ports and harbors 4.1 Gulf of Oman 4.2 Arabian Sea 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports 6.1 Airports - with unpaved runways 6.2 Heliports 7 External links 8 See also

[edit] Railways

0 km

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

• United Arab Emirates - no - no railways
• Saudi Arabia - no - maybe planned - 1435mm gauge
• Yemen - no - no railways yet

[edit] Highways

total: 32,800 km
paved: 9,840 km (including 550 km of expressways)
unpaved: 22,960 km (1996 est.)

[edit] Pipelines

crude oil 1,300 km; natural gas 1,030 km

[edit] Ports and harbors

[edit] Gulf of Oman

• Al Wajajah
• Matrah
• Mina al Fahal
• Sohar

[edit] Arabian Sea

• Duqm
• Mina' Raysut

[edit] Merchant marine

total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 16,306 GRT/8,210 DWT
ships by type: cargo 1, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

142 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways

total: 136
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 56
914 to 1,523 m: 37
under 914 m: 35 (1999 est.)

[edit] Heliports

1 (1999 est.)

[edit] External links

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Government

• Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs

[edit] See also

• Oman

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