Botswana Transportation
Railwaystotal: 888 km
narrow gauge: 888 km 1.067-m gauge (2003)
Highways
total: 10,217 km
paved: 5,619 km
unpaved: 4,598 km (1999)
Waterways
general assessment: the system is expanding with the growth of mobile cellular service and participation in regional development
domestic: small system of open-wire lines, microwave radio relay links, and a few radiotelephone communication stations; mobile cellular service is growing fast
international: country code - 267; two international exchanges; digital microwave radio relay links to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Ports and harbors
none
Airports
85 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways
total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 75
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 54
under 914 m: 18 (2004 est.)
