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Railwaystotal: 622 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

note: another 660 km of this railway extends into Cote d'Ivoire
Roadwaystotal: 15,304 km (2014)

paved: 3,642 km (2014)

unpaved: 11,662 km (2014)
Airportstotal: 23 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 2 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 21 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 13 (2013)

under 914 m: 5 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 3

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 151,531 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 100,000 mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixXT

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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