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Transportation of Congo Democratic Republic

Airports:234 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 25
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 209
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 94
under 914 m: 97 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 54 km; oil 78 km (2006)
Railways:total: 5,138 km
narrow gauge: 3,987 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge; 1,026 km 0.600-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 153,497 km
paved: 2,794 km
unpaved: 150,703 km (2004)
Waterways:15,000 km (2005)
Merchant marine:total: 1 ship (1000 GRT or over) 1,004 GRT/1,640 DWT
by type: petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Congo, Republic of the 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka

Congo Democratic Republic Quickstats

  • Population: 65,751,512
  • Area: 2,345,410 sq km
  • Density: 25 /km² (179th)
  • GDP (total): $7.094 billion (116th)
  • GDP (per capita): $119 (181th)
  • Literacy: 65.5%

Languages of Congo Democratic Republic

  • French
  • Lingala
  • Kingwana
  • Kikongo
  • Tshiluba

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  • Currency: Franc congolais (CDF)
  • Dial code: +243

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