Short facts about transportation in Cyprus
| Highways: |
total: Greek Cypriot area: 10,663 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 2,350 km
(1996 est.)
paved: Greek Cypriot area: 6,249 km (1998 est.);
Turkish Cypriot area: 1,370 km (1996 est.)
unpaved: Greek Cypriot
area: 4,414 km (1998 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 980 km (1996
est.) |
| Ports and
harbors: |
Famagusta, Kyrenia, Larnaca, Limassol,
Paphos, Vasilikos |
| Merchant
marine: |
total: 1,328 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 22,905,542 GRT/36,312,219
DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk 431, cargo 438, chemical
tanker 23, combination bulk 36, combination ore/oil 4, container 140, liquefied
gas 6, passenger 8, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 143, refrigerated cargo
40, roll on/roll off 42, short-sea passenger 9, specialized tanker 2, vehicle
carrier 3
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here
as a flag of convenience: Austria 8, Belgium 7, China 10, Cuba 10, Denmark 2,
Germany 79, Greece 385, Hong Kong 9, Croatia 2, India 5, Iran 1, Israel 4, Italy
2, Japan 19, South Korea 3, Latvia 10, Lithuania 1, Monaco 1, Netherlands 13,
Norway 11, Poland 9, Portugal 3, Russia 42, Singapore 1, Spain 5, Sudan 2,
Sweden 3, Switzerland 2, UAE 6, UK 8, Ukraine 2, US 9, Venezuela 2 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (2000
est.) |
| Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2000
est.) |
Source: World Factbook |
