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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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7.4 million tons/km
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[103rd of 153]
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Air transport, passengers carried
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95,200
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[134th of 164]
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Definition: Transportation > Air transport, passengers carried |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Airports
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237 |
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[29th of 247]
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Definition: Transportation > Airports |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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Definition: Transportation > Driving side of the road > Left or right |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Heliports
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1 |
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[52nd of 99]
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Definition: Transportation > Heliports |
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Source: World standards on users.pandora.be |
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Highways > Total
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157,000 km |
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[16th of 118]
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Definition: Transportation > Highways > Total |
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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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19 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[98th of 134]
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Definition: Transportation > Motor vehicles |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Pipelines
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gas 62 km; oil 71 km |
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Definition: Transportation > Pipelines |
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Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook |
Ports and harbors Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka |
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Definition: Transportation > Ports and harbors |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Ports and terminals Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka |
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Definition: Transportation > Ports and terminals |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Railways > Total
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5,138 km |
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[33rd of 220]
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Definition: Transportation > Railways > Total |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Railways, goods transported > million ton-km
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444 million ton-km
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[76th of 84]
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Definition: Transportation > Railways, goods transported > million ton-km |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km
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140 million passenger-km
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[71st of 83]
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Definition: Transportation > Railways, passengers carried > million passenger-km |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Roads, total network > km
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153,497 km
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[15th of 172]
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Definition: Transportation > Roads, total network > km |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Roadways > Paved
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2,794 km |
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[66th of 81]
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Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Paved |
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Source: World Development Indicators database |
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Roadways > Total
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153,497 km |
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[19th of 85]
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Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Total |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Roadways > Unpaved
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150,703 km |
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[10th of 79]
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Definition: Transportation > Roadways > Unpaved |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the grip of a civil war, tribal conflict, and rebel gang fighting that has drawn in neighboring states of Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda; in the Great Lakes region and Sudan, heads of the Great Lakes states and UN pledge to end conflict, but unchecked localized violence continues unabated; the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Republic of the Congo is indefinite except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area |
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Definition: Transportation > Transnational Issues > Disputes > international |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Vehicle abundance
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0.59 per square km |
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[113rd of 141]
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Definition: Transportation > Vehicle abundance |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001 |
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Waterways
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15,000 km |
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[6th of 165]
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Definition: Transportation > Waterways |
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001 |