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Transportation of Gabon

Airports:56 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 11
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 45
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 23 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 272 km; oil 1,354 km (2006)
Railways:total: 814 km
standard gauge: 814 km 1.435-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 9,170 km
paved: 937 km
unpaved: 8,233 km (2004)
Waterways:1,600 km (310 km on Ogooue River) (2007)
Merchant marine:registered in other countries: 2 (Cambodia 1, Panama 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Gamba, Libreville, Lucinda, Owendo, Port-Gentil

Gabon Quickstats

  • Population: 1454867
  • Area: 267,667 sq km
  • Density: 5.2 /km² (216th)
  • GDP (total): $9.621 billion (136th)
  • GDP (per capita): $7,055 (89th)
  • Literacy: 0.632

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  • Currency: CFA franc (XAF)
  • Dial code: +241

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