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Transportation in Belgium
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Population: 10,348,276 (July 2004 est.)
Capital: Brussels
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Tabular Data - Transportation in Belgium

Railways : total: 3,518 km
standard gauge: 3,518 km 1.435-m gauge (2,631 km electrified) (2003)
Highways : total: 148,216 km
paved: 116,687 km (including 1,727 km of expressways)
unpaved: 31,529 km (2000)
Waterways : 2,043 km (1,528 km in regular commercial use) (2003)
Pipelines : gas 1,485 km; oil 158 km; refined products 535 km (2003)
Ports And Harbors : Antwerp (one of the world's busiest ports), Brugge, Gent, Hasselt, Liege, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Zeebrugge
Merchant Marine : total: 50 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,146,301 GRT/1,588,184 DWT
by type: bulk 1, cargo 8, chemical tanker 11, container 6, liquefied gas 18, petroleum tanker 6
foreign-owned: Denmark 6, Finland 1, France 2, Netherlands 3
registered in other countries: 69 (2003 est.)
Airports : 42 (2003 est.)
Airports w/Paved Runways : total: 25
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 7 (2003 est.)
Airports w/Unpaved Runways : total: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 15 (2003 est.)
Heliports : 1 (2003 est.)

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Data Source: Central Intelligence Agency 2004 World Factbook