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Transportation of Guinea-Bissau

Airports:28 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 25
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 20 (2006)
Roadways:total: 3,455 km
paved: 965 km
unpaved: 2,490 km (2002)
Waterways:rivers are navigable for some distance; many inlets and creeks give shallow-water access to much of interior (2007)
Ports and terminals:Bissau, Buba, Cacheu, Farim

Guinea-Bissau Quickstats

  • Population: 1,472,780 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 36,120 sq km
  • Density: 44 /km² (154th)
  • GDP (total): $1.167 billion (165th)
  • GDP (per capita): $736 (177th)
  • Literacy: 42.4%

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  • Currency: CFA franc (XOF)
  • Dial code: +245

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