Transport in Djibouti
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[edit] Railways
Djibouti has 100 km of metre-gauge railway.
[edit] Highways
total: 2,890 km
paved: 364 km
unpaved: 2,526 km (1996 est.) Major roads include N1 west from Djibouti 246 km via Ouê'a and Mouloud to Dikhil, then north via Yoboki to Ethiopia, designated part of the Ndjamena-Djibouti Trans-Africa Highway 6; N2 east from Djibouti along the coast to Somalia at Layado; N9 from N1 122 km north and east to Tadjoura, where a secondary road continues along the coast; and a secondary road from Djibouti south-west via Holhol and Ali Addé to Ali Sabieh, then north to join N1. There is one road to Somailand at Layado; three roads to Ethiopia: south from Ali Sabieh parallel to the railway to Dewele, N1 to Deda'i on Ethiopia No 2, and an unimproved track north-west from Balho to Ethiopia No 2; and two to Eritrea: an unpaved track overland from Tadjoura via Randa and Assa Gaila to Aseb, and a coastal track from Obock to Aseb; Sources: Michelon 745 Africa North East, Arabia 2007 GeoCenter Africa North East 1999 Maplanida.com
[edit] Ports and harbors
Djibouti’s improved natural harbor consists of a roadstead, outer harbor, and inner harbor. The roadstead is well protected by reefs and the configuration of the land. The inner harbor has five outer and six inner berths for large vessels.[citation needed] A quarter of Ethiopia’s imports and half of its exports move through the port.[citation needed] Car ferries ply the Gulf of Tadjoura from Djibouti city to Tadjou.[citation needed]
[edit] Merchant marine
total: 1 ship (with a volume of 1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) totaling 1,369 GRT/3,030 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 1 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports
In 2004, there were an estimated 13 airports, only 3 of which had paved runways as of 2005. Ambouli Airport, about 6 km from the city of Djibouti, is the country’s international air terminal. There are local airports at Tadjoura and Obock. Air Djibouti, partly government-owned and partly owned by Air France, provides domestic service to six centers and flies to a number of overseas destinations.
[edit] Airports - with paved runways
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1999 est.)
[edit] Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)
[edit] References
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