In the context of the Development Partner Consultation for CAR in June 2007, the government prepared a very informative two-page document on the transport infrastructure in CAR.

In short, the transport infrastructure is a poor as one can find it in Africa. Key facts below:

• CAR’s territory is about 623,000 square kilometers, or roughly the size of France
• The nearest seaport Douala in Cameroon is about 1,500 km from Bangui
• Of the 5,376 km national roads (major roads), only 700 km are surfaced. The rest are unpaved.
• CAR has 5,000 km of rivers but only 15 ferries with a motor
• In the 1970s, 600,000 tonnes of freight were transported on the the Oubangui river per year. Now it is only 60,000 tonnes per year.
• The Bangui airport is 40 years old and its runway was last renovated 20 years ago.

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