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Sierra Leone Transportation Profile

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Roadwaystotal: 11,700 km (2015)

paved: 1,051 km (2015)

unpaved: 10,650 km (2015)

urban: 3,000 km (2015)

non-urban: 8,700 km (2015)
Waterways800 km (600 km navigable year-round) (2011)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Freetown, Pepel, Sherbro Islands
Merchant marinetotal: 557

by type: bulk carrier 31, container ship 12, general cargo 286, oil tanker 104, other 124 (2020)
Airportstotal: 8 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 1 (2019)

over 3,047 m: 1
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 7 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2013)
Heliports2 (2013)
National air transport systemannual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 50,193 (2015)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 0 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix9L

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

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