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Railways
total:
660 km
narrow gauge:
660 km 1.000-meter gauge; 25 km double track (1995 est.)
Railway links with adjacent countries
- Burkina Faso - yes - 1000mm
- Ghana - no - break-of-gauge 1000mm/1067mm
- Liberia - no
- Guinea - no
- Mali - no
Highways
total:
50,400 km
paved:
4,889 km
unpaved:
45,511 km (1996 est.)
Waterways
980 km navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons
Ports and harbors
Abidjan, Aboisso, Dabou, San-Pedro
Merchant marine
total:
1 ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,200 GRT/1,500 DWT
ships by type:
petroleum tanker 1 (1999 est.)
Airports
36 (1999 est.)Nouvelle Air Ivoire is the national carrier of Côte d'Ivoire. Recently formed from the failed Air Ivoire, the airline operates an aging* fleet of Western built aircraft. The airline is owned by Air France and the U.S. Finance company AIG. Prior to its reformation, the airline was forced to cease operations a number of times due to technical and financial difficulties.
Security/Safety Concerns There is rampant corruption among airport officials in Côte d'Ivoire. Immigration officials have been known to ask for bribes to 'expedite' processing the forms, or to offer to fill out the customs forms prior to demanding a 'fee' for doing so. The anti-French sentiment, peaking in early 2003, spilled over onto airports when 1,500 French nationals were trapped in Abidjan's airport by an anti-French mob.
Airports - with paved runways
total:
7
over 3,047 m:
1
2,438 to 3,047 m:
2
1,524 to 2,437 m:
4 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways
total:
29
1,524 to 2,437 m:
8
914 to 1,523 m:
12
under 914 m:
9 (1999 est.)