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Nigeria

 
     
    • Railroads: 
     
        total: 
        3,567 km 
     
        narrow gauge: 
        3,505 km 1.067-m gauge 
     
        standard gauge: 
        62 km 1.435-m gauge 
     
    • Highways: 
     
        total: 
        107,990 km 
     
        paved: 
        mostly bituminous-surface treatment 30,019 km 
     
        unpaved: 
        gravel, crushed stone, improved earth 25,411 km; unimproved earth 52,560 km 
     
    • Inland waterways: 
      8,575 km consisting of Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks 
     
    • Pipelines: 
      crude oil 2,042 km; petroleum products 3,000 km; natural gas 500 km 
     
    • Ports: 
      Calabar, Lagos, Onne, Port Harcourt, Sapele, Warri 
     
    • Merchant marine: 
     
        total: 
        32 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 404,064 GRT/661,850 DWT 
     
        ships by type: 
        bulk 1, cargo 14, chemical tanker 3, liquefied gas tanker 1, oil tanker 12, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1 
     
    • Airports: 
     
        total: 
        80 
     
        with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
        6 
     
        with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
        10 
     
        with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
        10 
     
        with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
        7 
     
        with paved runways under 914 m: 
        25 
     
        with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
        1 
     
        with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
        21