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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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7.36 million tons/km
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[113rd of 153]
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Aircraft departures
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700 |
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[146th of 155]
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DEFINITION: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
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Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
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2 |
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[95th of 139]
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DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m
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1 |
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[108th of 119]
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DEFINITION: Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 1524 to 2437 m
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10 |
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[29th of 99]
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DEFINITION: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 2438 to 3047 m
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1 |
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[29th of 39]
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DEFINITION: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m
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23 |
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[39th of 137]
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DEFINITION: Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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DEFINITION: About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 |
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Highways > Paved
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643 km |
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[94th of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the paved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: World standards on users.pandora.be |
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Highways > Total
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23,810 km |
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[48th of 118]
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DEFINITION: total length of the highway system |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Highways > Unpaved
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23,167 km |
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[32nd of 113]
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DEFINITION: total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Motor vehicles
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4 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[120th of 134]
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DEFINITION: Motor vehicles per 1,000 people |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Ports and harbors
Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga |
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DEFINITION: The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance). |
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SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
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Railways
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0 km |
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[56th of 86]
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DEFINITION: This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. |
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SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international
internal political instabilities with fighting and violence overlap into Chad and CAR, leaving refugees and rebel groups in both countries; Sudan has pledged to work with CAR to stem violent skirmishes over water and grazing rights among related pastoral populations along the border |
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DEFINITION: Lists border, territory and resource disputes by country. |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003 |
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Travel services > % of commercial service exports
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33.89 %
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[83rd of 153]
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DEFINITION: Travel services (% of commercial service exports) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers in that economy for their own use during visits of less than one year for business or personal purposes. Travel services include the goods and services consumed by travelers, such as lodging and meals and transport (within the economy visited). |
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SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001 |
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Vehicle abundance
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0.01 per square km |
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[141st of 141]
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DEFINITION: Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data. |
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SOURCE: World Development Indicators database |
Waterways > A note
traditional trade carried on by means of shallow-draft dugouts; Oubangui is the most important river, navigable all year to craft drawing 0.6 m or less; 282 km navigable to craft drawing as much as 1.8 m |
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DEFINITION: The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water. |
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SOURCE: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 |
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