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Transportation of Cameroon

Airports:47 (2006)
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 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 36
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 20
under 914 m: 9 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 70 km; liquid petroleum gas 9 km; oil 1,107 km (2006)
Railways:total: 987 km
narrow gauge: 987 km 1.000-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 50,000 km
paved: 5,000 km
unpaved: 45,000 km (2004)
Waterways:navigation mainly on Benue River; limited during rainy season (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 38,613 GRT/68,820 DWT
by type: petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (France 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Douala, Limboh Terminal

Cameroon Quickstats

  • Population: 18,060,382
  • Area: 475,440 sq km
  • Density: 37 /km² (167th)
  • GDP (total): $43.196 billion (84th)
  • GDP (per capita): $2,421 (130th)
  • Literacy: 67.9%

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  • Currency: Central African CFA franc (XAF)
  • Dial code: +237

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