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    Ethiopia Transportation 2000

      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; since May 1998 Ethiopia has expended considerable effort to repair and maintain the lines

      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; since the border dispute with Eritrea flared, Ethiopia has used the port of Djibouti for nearly all of its imports

      Merchant marine:
      total: 12 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 84,915 GRT/112,634 DWT
      ships by type: cargo 7, container 1, petroleum tanker 1, roll-on/roll-off 3 (1999 est.)

      Airports: 85 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 11
      over 3,047 m: 3
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 74
      over 3,047 m: 2
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
      914 to 1,523 m: 35
      under 914 m: 19 (1999 est.)

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