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Railways:
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total: 3,505 km
narrow gauge: 3,505 km 1.067-m gauge (2006) |
Transportation - note:
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the International Maritime Bureau reports the territorial and offshore waters in the Niger Delta and Gulf of Guinea as high risk for piracy and armed robbery against ships; numerous commercial vessels have been attacked and hijacked both at anchor and while underway; crews have been robbed and stores or cargoes stolen |
Roadways:
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total: 193,200 km
paved: 28,980 km
unpaved: 164,220 km (2004) |
Waterways:
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8,600 km (Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and creeks) (2008) |
Pipelines:
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condensate 21 km; gas 2,560 km; liquid petroleum gas 97 km; oil 3,396 km; refined products 4,090 km (2008) |
Ports and terminals:
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Bonny Inshore Terminal, Calabar, Lagos |
Merchant marine:
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total: 68
by type: cargo 4, chemical tanker 12, combination ore/oil 1, liquefied gas 2, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 46, specialized tanker 2
foreign-owned: 3 (Japan 1, South Africa 1, Spain 1)
registered in other countries: 34 (Bahamas 2, Bermuda 11, Cook Islands 1, Georgia 1, Italy 1, Liberia 2, Panama 10, Poland 1, Seychelles 1, Sierra Leone 1, unknown 3) (2008) |
Airports:
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60 (2008) |
Airports density:
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2,487,152 people per Airport |
Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 38
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 2 (2008) |
Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 22
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 13
under 914 m: 7 (2008) |
Heliports:
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2 (2007) |
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This page was last updated on 29 June, 2009 |
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