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  TransportationLast updated on 15 January, 2010
Airports:22 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 133
Airports - with paved runways:total: 18
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2009)
Heliports:3 (2009)
Pipelines:gas 1,591 km; oil 1,253 km (2008)
Railways:total: 1,612 km
country comparison to the world: 80
broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)
narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2008)
Roadways:total: 20,329 km
country comparison to the world: 109
paved: 7,854 km (includes 13 km of expressways)
unpaved: 12,475 km (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 191
country comparison to the world: 35
by type: bulk carrier 18, cargo 148, carrier 2, chemical tanker 1, container 4, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 5, roll on/roll off 4, vehicle carrier 2
foreign-owned: 153 (China 10, Cyprus 1, Egypt 12, Germany 2, Greece 5, Hong Kong 2, Israel 2, Lebanon 4, Monaco 4, Nigeria 1, Romania 16, Russia 12, Syria 49, Turkey 14, Ukraine 18, UAE 1) (2008)
Ports and terminals:Bat'umi, P'ot'i
Transportation - note:large parts of transportation network are in poor condition because of lack of maintenance and repair
Based on: CIA World Factbook

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  • Georgia made the most extensive reforms, ranking as the top reformer for the second year in a row. ... Shorter time limits were imposed for issuing permits. Several procedures were abolished ... It is now as easy to comply with building regulations in Tbilisi as it is in Hong Kong.
    World Bank Doing Business in 2007

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