32,000 km gravel, crushed stone, or stabilized soil (1992) Pipelines: crude oil 84 km; petroleum products 2,321 km, natural gas 708 km Ports: Umm Qasr, Khawr az Zubayr, Al Basrah (closed since 1980) Merchant marine: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 186,331 GRT/249,490 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 1 passenger cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 837,375 GRT/1,344,795 DWT; includes 7 short-sea passenger, 27 cargo, 12 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 22 oil tanker, 9 bulk, 1 refrigerated cargo, 48 bulk, 2 combination ore/oil, 2 specialized tanker, 9 liquefied gas, 3 bulk Airports: total: 1,420 useable: 1,142 with permanent-surface runways: 2 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1 Telecommunications:
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