Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index

Transportation in Burkina Faso

Railways:
total: 622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the excellent deepwater port at Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (on the border) and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya)
narrow gauge: 622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)

Highways:
total: 12,506 km
paved: 2,001 km
unpaved: 10,505 km (1996 est.)

Ports and harbors: none

Airports: 33 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 31
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 16 (1999 est.)

See also : Burkina Faso