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Ivory Coast
Index
Railroads: Government-owned railroad runs 660
kilometers
between Abidjan and border with Burkina Faso, where, under
different ownership, it continues on to Ouagadougou;
one-meter
gauge, single track except at stations.
Roads: Extensive system totaling 53,736
kilometers; more
than 3,600 kilometers bituminous and bituminous-treated
surface;
32,000 kilometers gravel, crushed stone, laterite, and
improved
earth; 18,136 unimproved. Hard surface roads generally run
northsouth , linking cities to Abidjan.
Ports and Shipping: Major ports at Abidjan and
San-Pédro;
minor port at Sassandra. At Abidjan, facilities included
total of
thirty-five deepwater berths for general, bulk, and
container
cargo; roll-on/roll-off facility; and specialized quays
for
bananas, fish, timber, cement, hydrocarbons, and tankers.
In 1986
handled 9.5 million tons of cargo.
Civil Aviation: Government-owned Ivoirian Air
Transport
and Liaison (Groupement Aérien de Transport et
Liraison--GATL),
also known as Air Ivoire, provided domestic and regional
service;
international service provided by Air Afrique, owned by
consortium
of African countries and based in Abidjan. International
airports
at Abidjan, Bouaké, and Yamoussoukro, plus 13 major
domestic
airfields, 17 smaller regional airfields, and 50 private
airfields.
Data as of November 1988
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