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Cameroon vs. Republic of the Congo

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CameroonRepublic of the Congo
Railwaystotal: 987 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2014)

note: railway connections generally efficient but limited; rail lines connect major cities of Douala, Yaounde, Ngaoundere, and Garoua; passenger and freight service provided by CAMRAIL
total: 510 km (2014)

narrow gauge: 510 km 1.067-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 77,589 km (2016)

paved: 5,133 km (2016)

unpaved: 72,456 km (2016)
total: 23,324 km (2017)

paved: 3,111 km (2017)

unpaved: 20,213 km (2017)

note: road network in Congo is composed of 23,324 km of which 17,000 km are classified as national, departmental, and routes of local interest: 6,324 km are non-classified routes
Waterways(major rivers in the south, such as the Wouri and the Sanaga, are largely non-navigable; in the north, the Benue, which connects through Nigeria to the Niger River, is navigable in the rainy season only to the port of Garoua) (2010)1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui Rivers above Brazzaville; there are many ferries across the river to Kinshasa; the Congo south of Brazzaville-Kinshasa to the coast is not navigable because of rapids, necessitating a rail connection to Pointe Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only) (2011)
Pipelines53 km gas, 5 km liquid petroleum gas, 1107 km oil, 35 km water (2013)232 km gas, 4 km liquid petroleum gas, 982 km oil (2013)
Ports and terminalsoil terminal(s): Limboh Terminal

river port(s): Douala (Wouri)

Garoua (Benoue)
major seaport(s): Pointe-Noire

oil terminal(s): Djeno

river port(s): Brazzaville (Congo)

Impfondo (Oubangi) Ouesso (Sangha) Oyo (Alima)
Merchant marinetotal: 61

by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 34, oil tanker 2, other 24 (2020)
total: 11

by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 9 (2020)
Airportstotal: 33 (2013)total: 27 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 11 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2017)

914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017)
total: 8 (2017)

over 3,047 m: 2 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 22 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 10 (2013)

under 914 m: 8 (2013)
total: 19 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 8 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (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: 265,136 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 70,000 mt-km (2018)
number of registered air carriers: 3 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 333,899 (2018)

annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 4.6 million mt-km (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefixTJTN

Source: CIA Factbook