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  TransportationLast updated on 10 June, 2008
Airports:23 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 19
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 2 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2007)
Heliports:3 (2007)
Pipelines:gas 1,591 km; oil 1,253 km (2007)
Railways:total: 1,612 km
broad gauge: 1,575 km 1.520-m gauge (1,575 electrified)
narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 20,247 km
paved: 7,973 km
unpaved: 12,274 km (2004)
Merchant marine:total: 209 ships (1000 GRT or over) 958,504 GRT/1,408,540 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 25, cargo 159, carrier 2, chemical tanker 1, container 5, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 4, roll on/roll off 3, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 180 (Albania 2, Azerbaijan 1, China 4, Cyprus 1, Egypt 14, Germany 2, Greece 7, Lebanon 3, Monaco 10, Romania 15, Russia 17, Slovenia 2, Syria 54, Turkey 23, Ukraine 24, UAE 1) (2007)
Ports and terminals:Bat'umi, P'ot'i
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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