Benin Transportation 2001

Railways:
total: 578 km (single track)
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge (2000)

Highways:
total: 6,787 km
paved: 1,357 km (including 10 km of expressways)
unpaved: 5,430 km (1997 est.)

Waterways: streams navigable along small sections, important only locally

Ports and harbors: Cotonou, Porto-Novo

Merchant marine: none (2000 est.)

Airports: 5 (2000 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2000 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2000 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Benin on this page is re-published from the 2001 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Benin Transportation 2001 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Benin Transportation 2001 should be addressed to the CIA.