Transportation in Laos

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[edit] Railways

[edit] Railway links with adjacent countries

[edit] Maps

Map of Laos
Map of Laos











[edit] Highways

  • Total: 21,716 km
    • Paved: 9,673.5 km
    • Unpaved: 12,042.5 km (1998 est.)

Laos has constructed a new highway connecting Savannakhet to the Vietnamese border at Lao Bao, with funding coming from the Japanese government [1]. This has greatly facilitated travelling across Laos. This highway can now be traversed in a few hours, while in 2002 the trip took over 9 hours along a very bumpy (and scenic) route.

[edit] Rules of the road

Traffic in Laos is on the right.

[edit] Waterways

About 4,587 km, primarily Mekong and tributaries; 2,897 additional km are sectionally navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m

[edit] Pipelines

[edit] Ports and harbors

  • None

[edit] Merchant marine

  • Total: 1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,370 GRT/3,000 DWT
    • Ships by type: cargo 1 (1999 est.)

[edit] Airports

Main article: Wattay International Airport
  • Total: 52 (1999 est.)

[edit] With paved runways

  • Total: 9 (1999 est.)
    • 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
    • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
    • 914 to 1,523 m: 4

[edit] With unpaved runways

Total: 43 (1999 est.)

  • 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
  • 914 to 1,523 m: 17
  • Under 914 m: 25

[edit] See also

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