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Ethiopia Transportation 1999

    Railways:
    total: 681 km (Ethiopian segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
    narrow gauge: 681 km 1.000-m gauge
    note: in April 1998, Djibouti and Ethiopia announced plans to revitalize the century-old railroad that links their capitals

    Highways:
    total: 28,500 km
    paved: 4,275 km
    unpaved: 24,225 km (1996 est.)

    Ports and harbors: none; Ethiopia is landlocked and was by agreement with Eritrea using the ports of Assab and Massawa, but since the border dispute with Eritrea flared, Ethiopia has used the port of Djibouti

    Merchant marine:
    total: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,264 GRT/94,489 DWT
    ships by type: cargo 7, oil tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 3 (1998 est.)

    Airports: 84 (1998 est.)

    Airports—with paved runways:
    total: 11
    over 3,047 m: 3
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
    914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1998 est.)

    Airports—with unpaved runways:
    total: 73
    over 3,047 m: 2
    2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
    1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
    914 to 1,523 m: 36
    under 914 m: 18 (1998 est.)

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