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total: 100 km (Djibouti segment of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad)
Metre
gauge: 100 km 1,000
mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in)
gauge
Note: Djibouti and Ethiopia planned to revitalize the
century-old railroad that links their capitals by 2003
150 km/h CONTAINER TRAINS FOR AFRICA - Speaking at the inauguration of his second term in office, President Ismael Omar Guelleh of Djibouti appealed for a 6 000 km landbridge rail line linking his country's Gulf of Tadjourah to Cameroon on the Gulf of Guinea. Estimated to cost $US6 billion, the line would run through the Sudan and the Central Africa Republic. Neighbouring landlocked countries such as southern Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi would all benefit from improved facilities for import and export traffic, as well as Chad. Pointing out that the trade development, peace and economy of the African continent could be considerably enhanced, Guelleh suggested that the project forms part of the investment programme proposed by the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the G8 meeting in Scotland. "It will take only 48 hours to transport goods between the Red Sea and the Atlantic Ocean using a double-stack container carrier express train at an average speed of 150 km/h", Guelleh told his impressed guests. Because the line encounters three different gauges along the way, 950 mm, 1067 mm and 1000 mm, the break of gauge problem can best be solved by adopting the world standard 1435 mm gauge.
total: 2,890 km
paved: 364 km
unpaved: 2,526 km (1996 est.) Major roads include N1 west
from Djibouti 246 km via Ouê'a and Mouloud to Dikhil, then north
via Yoboki to Ethiopia, designated part of the Ndjamena-Djibouti
Trans-Africa Highway 6; N2 east from Djibouti along the coast to
Somalia at Layado; N9 from N1 122 km north and east to Tadjoura,
where a secondary road continues along the coast; and a secondary
road from Djibouti south-west via Holhol and Ali Addé to Ali
Sabieh, then north to join N1. There is one road to Somailand at
Layado; three roads to Ethiopia: south from Ali Sabieh parallel to
the railway to Dewele, N1 to Deda'i on Ethiopia No 2, and an
unimproved track north-west from Balho to Ethiopia No 2; and two to
Eritrea: an unpaved track overland from Tadjoura via Randa and Assa
Gaila to Aseb, and a coastal track from Obock to Aseb; Sources:
Michelon 745 Africa North East, Arabia 2007 GeoCenter Africa North
East 1999 Maplanida.com
Djibouti’s improved natural harbor consists of a roadstead, outer harbor, and inner harbor. Th e roadstead is well protected by reefs and the configuration of the land. The inner harbor has five outer and six inner berths for large vessels. A quarter of Ethiopia’s imports and half of its exports move through the port. Car ferries ply the Gulf of Tadjoura from Djibouti city to Tadjou.
total: 1 ship (with a volume of 1,000 gross
register tons (GRT) or over) totaling
1,369 GRT/3,030 metric tons deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: cargo ship 1 (1999 est.)
In 2004, there were an estimated 13 airports, only 3 of which had paved runways as of 2005. Ambouli Airport, about 6 km from the city of Djibouti, is the country’s international air terminal. There are local airports at Tadjoura and Obock. Air Djibouti, partly government-owned and partly owned by Air France, provides domestic service to six centers and flies to a number of overseas destinations.
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (1999 est.)
total: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 3 (1999 est.)
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