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Railwaystotal: 1,613 km (2018)

standard gauge: 345 km 1.435-m gauge (345 km electrified) (2018)

narrow gauge: 1,118.1 km 1.067-m gauge (793.9 km electrified) (2018)

150 0.762-m gauge note: the 0.762-gauge track belongs to three entities: the Forestry Bureau, Taiwan Cement, and TaiPower
Roadwaystotal: 43,206 km (2017)

paved: 42,793 km (includes 1,348 km of highways and 737 km of expressways) (2017)

unpaved: 413 km (2017)
Pipelines25 km condensate, 2,200 km gas, 13,500 km oil (2018)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Keelung (Chi-lung), Kaohsiung, Hualian, Taichung

container port(s) (TEUs): Kaohsiung (10,428,634), Taichung (1,793,966), Taipei (1,620,392) (2019)

LNG terminal(s) (import): Yung An (Kaohsiung), Taichung
Merchant marinetotal: 407

by type: bulk carrier 36, container ship 49, general cargo 57, oil tanker 31, other 234 (2020)
Airportstotal: 37 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 35 (2013)

over 3,047 m: 8 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 2 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)

under 914 m: 1 (2013)
Heliports31 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 7 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 216
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixB

Source: CIA World Factbook
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