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 1. Encyclopedia of the Nations
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 3. Benin


BENIN - TRANSPORTATION

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In 2002, Benin had 578 km (359 mi) of narrow-gauge railroad. The Benin-Niger
Joint Railway and Transport Organization, a public corporation, operates the
passenger and freight railroad. The main line runs north from Cotonou to
Parakou, with a branch to Segboroué in the west. The eastern line runs from
Cotonou to Porto-Novo and Pobé.

Of Benin's 6,787 km (4,217 mi) of roads (excluding tracks), in 2002 only about
1,357 km (843 mi) are paved. The major roads are the coastal highway linking
Benin with Lagos in Nigeria and Lomé in Togo; the road from Cotonou to Parakou
(terminus of the railroad) and its extension via Kandi to Malanville on the
Niger River; and the road north from Tchaourou that links Benin with Burkina
Faso. In 2000, Benin had about 103,400 passenger cars and 96,600 commercial
vehicles.

Regular transportation services from Parakou to Malanville and thence to Niamey
(in Niger), either by road or, in the season when the Niger River is navigable,
by river steamer, are important for the movement of produce to and from Niger
via Cotonou, Benin's one port. Until 1965, the port was serviced by a wharf
built in 1891. In 1965, a new deepwater port, constructed with French and
European Development Fund assistance and capable of handling 1 million tons
annually, was opened. In the mid-1980s, the port was expanded to handle 3
million tons a year. Landlocked Niger has a free zone in the port area of
Cotonou. Because of overcrowded conditions at the port of Lagos, Cotonou has
served as a relief channel for goods destined for Nigeria. It also serves as the
chief port for Niger. There is boat traffic on the lagoons between Porto-Novo
and Lagos, Nigeria, as well as on the rivers. Benin has no merchant marine.

In 2001, there were five airports, one of which has a paved runway, Cadjehoun
Airport. Located at Cotonou, Cadjehoun Airport, has direct international jet
service to Accra, Niamey, Monrovia, Lagos, Ouagadougou, Lomé, and Douala, as
well as connections to other West African cities. Direct services also link
Cotonou to Paris. International airlines include UTA and Air Afrique. There is a
major airport at Parakou, and airfields of lesser importance at Natitingou,
Kandi, and Abomey. Transports Aériens du Bénin (TAB), offering domestic services
to Parakou, Natitingou, Djougou, Savé, and Kandi, and abroad to Lagos, Lomé,
Ouagadougou, and Niamey, was founded in 1978. Benin also has a share in Air
Afrique. In 2001, 46,400 passengers flew on domestic and international flights.

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