Benin

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Transportation

Railways:
total: 578 km (single track) (1995 est.)
narrow gauge: 578 km 1.000-m gauge
Highways:
total: 6,070 km
paved: 1,214 km
unpaved: 4,856 km (1992 est.)
Waterways: navigable along small sections, important only locally
Ports: Cotonou, Porto-Novo
Merchant marine: none
Airports:
total: 5
with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 2 (1995 est.)
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Benin