Cameroon

Cameroon Transportation

Railways
total: 1,008 km
narrow gauge: 1,008 km 1.000-m gauge (2003)

Highways
total: 34,300 km
paved: 4,288 km
unpaved: 30,012 km (1999 est.)

Waterways
general assessment: available only to business and government
domestic: cable, microwave radio relay, and tropospheric scatter
international: country code - 237; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); fiber optic submarine cable (SAT-3/WASC) provides connectivity to Europe and Asia

Pipelines
gas 90 km; liquid petroleum gas 9 km; oil 1,120 km (2004)

Ports and harbors
Bonaberi, Douala, Garoua, Kribi, Tiko

Merchant marine
total: 1 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 169,593 GRT/357,023 DWT
by type: petroleum tanker 1 (2004 est.)

Airports
47 (2003 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 11
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 9 (2004 est.)



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