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Railways: total:  622 km (517 km from Ouagadougou to the Cote d'Ivoire border and 105 km from Ouagadougou to Kaya)

narrow gauge:  622 km 1.000-m gauge (1995 est.)
Highways: total:  12,506 km

paved:  2,001 km

unpaved:  10,505 km (1996)
Waterways: none
Ports and harbors: none
Airports: 33 (2000 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: total:  2

over 3,047 m:  1

2,438 to 3,047 m:  1 (2000 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total:  31

1,524 to 2,437 m:  3

914 to 1,523 m:  12

under 914 m:  16 (2000 est.)


Countryfacts Information Courtesy: CIA Worldbook