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Air transport, freight > million tons per km	1.2 million tons/km		[121st of 153]
Air transport, passengers carried	9,100		[162nd of 164]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Airports	9		[160th of 247]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Driving side of the road > Left or right	Right side
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Paved	996 km		[85th of 113]
Source: World standards on users.pandora.be
Highways > Total	12,000 km		[67th of 118]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Highways > Unpaved	11,004 km		[45th of 113]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Motor vehicles	2 motor vehicles per 100 p		[129th of 134]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Ports and harbors	Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Ports and terminals	Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways	0 km		[76th of 86]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Railways > Total	0 km		[177th of 220]
Source: CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Roads, paved > % of total roads	19 %		[52nd of 163]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roads, total network > km	14,008 km		[61st of 172]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Paved	2,662 km		[67th of 81]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Roadways > Total	14,008 km		[65th of 85]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Roadways > Unpaved	11,346 km		[45th of 79]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Transnational Issues > Disputes > international Tutsi, Hutu, Hema, Lendu, and other conflicting ethnic groups, associated political rebels, armed gangs, and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region, transcending the boundaries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda to gain control over populated areas and natural resources - government heads pledge to end conflicts, but localized violence continues despite UN peacekeeping efforts
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Vehicle abundance	1.1 per square km		[101st of 141]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001
Waterways > A note Lac Kivu navigable by shallow-draft barges and native craft
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001

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