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Transportation of Nigeria

Airports:69 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 36
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 33
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 18 (2006)
Heliports:1 (2006)
Pipelines:condensate 126 km; gas 2,812 km; liquid petroleum gas 125 km; oil 4,278 km; refined products 3,517 km (2006)
Railways:total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 194,394 km
paved: 60,068 km
unpaved: 134,326 km (1999)
Waterways:8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2007)
Merchant marine:total: 52 ships (1000 GRT or over) 277,709 GRT/475,414 DWT
by type: cargo 6, chemical tanker 5, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 36, specialized tanker 2
foreign-owned: 4 (Norway 1, Pakistan 1, Singapore 1, Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 28 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 11, Cambodia 2, Comoros 2, Panama 7, Poland 1, Seychelles 1, unknown 2) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos, Port Harcourt

Nigeria Quickstats

  • Population: 135,031,164
  • Area: 923,768 sq km
  • Density: 145 /km² (71st)
  • GDP (total): $188.5 billion (47th²)
  • GDP (per capita): $1,188 (165th²)
  • Literacy: 68%

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  • Currency: Nigerian naira (NGN)
  • Dial code: +234

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