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South Sudan vs. Sudan

Transportation

South SudanSudan
Railwaystotal: 248 km (2018)

note: a narrow gauge, single-track railroad between Babonosa (Sudan) and Wau, the only existing rail system, was repaired in 2010 with $250 million in UN funds, but is not currently operational
total: 7,251 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 5,851 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)

1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations
Roadwaystotal: 90,200 km (2019)

paved: 300 km (2019)

unpaved: 89,900 km (2019)

note: most of the road network is unpaved and much of it is in disrepair
total: 31,000 km (2019)

paved: 8,000 km (2019)

unpaved: 23,000 km (2019)

urban: 1,000 km (2019)
Waterwayssee entry for Sudan4,068 km (1,723 km open year-round on White and Blue Nile Rivers) (2011)
Airportstotal: 89 (2020)total: 67 (2020)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 4 (2020)

over 3,047 m: 1

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
total: 17 (2020)

over 3,047 m: 2

2,438 to 3,047 m: 11

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 1

under 914 m: 1
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 84 (2020)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

1,524 to 2,437 m: 12

914 to 1,523 m: 38

under 914 m: 33
total: 50 (2020)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 17

914 to 1,523 m: 24

under 914 m: 9
Heliports3 (2020)7 (2020)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 2 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 2

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 mt-km
number of registered air carriers: 9 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 42

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 269,958 (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixZ8ST

Source: CIA Factbook