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Transportation in Benin
Railways:
total: 578 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
total: 578 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
Highways:
total:
6,787 km
paved:
1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways)
unpaved:
5,430 km (1997 est.)
Waterways: navigable along small sections, important only locally
Ports and harbors: Cotonou, Porto-Novo
Merchant marine: none (1999 est.)
Airports: 5 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
2
2,438 to 3,047 m:
1
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
3
1,524 to 2,437 m:
1
914 to 1,523 m:
2 (1999 est.)
Reference Much of the material in this article is adapted from the CIA World Factbook 2000.
- See also : Benin
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