Cameroon: Facts & Stats

TRANSPORTATION

Roads:

Total highways: 50,000 km
Paved: 5,000 km
Unpaved: 45,000 km (2004)

Cameroon lies at a key point in the Trans-African Highway network, with three routes crossing its territory:

• Dakar-N'Djamena Highway, connecting just over the Cameroon border with the N'Djamena-Djibouti Highway
• Lagos-Mombasa Highway
• Tripoli-Cape Town Highway

Cameroon's central location in the network means that efforts to close the gaps which exist in the network across Central Africa rely on the Cameroon's participation in maintaining the network, and the network has the potential to have a profound influence on Cameroon's regional trade. It is likely for instance that within a decade a great deal of trade between West Africa and Southern Africa will be moving on the network through Yaoundé.

Prices of petrol rose steadily in 2007 and 2008, leading to a transport union strike in Douala on 25 February 2008. The strike quickly escalated into violent protests and spread to other major cities. The uprising finally subsided on 29 February.

Railroads:

Railways in Cameroon are operated by Camrail, a subsidiary of French investment group Bolloré. As of 2008, the country had an estimated 987 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 33?8 in) gauge track. In 2007, the traffic on the line was estimated to be 1MT per year freight, including 1 million passengers per year.

Railway links with adjacent countries

• Nigeria - no - break-of-gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 33?8 in)/1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Chad - none; the country has no railways, although there have been some proposals.
• Gabon - no - break-of-gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 33?8 in)/1,435 mm (4 ft 81?2 in)
• Republic of the Congo - no - break-of-gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 33?8 in)/1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
• Equatorial Guinea - no - no railways

There are also plans for an iron ore railway, which however might be isolated from existing railways. The distance from the mine to the nearest likely port is about 500 km as the crow flies. A connection to the nearest Camrail line at Mbalmayo on the Nyong River would be 350 km long. Because of the heavy tonnages to be carried, this railway is likely to be 1,435 mm (4 ft 81?2 in) (standard gauge). The railway is being designed with Quantm software.

• Kribi - possible port for iron ore, in addition to existing port for oil from Chad.
• Grand Batanga - possible port for iron ore.
• Lolabe - possible port
• Mbalam - iron ore mines

Aviation:

The main international airport is the Douala International Airport. Secondary international airports are at Yaoundé and Garoua. In total, there were 34 airports in 2008, only 10 of which had paved runways. Cameroon Airlines, which went into operation 1 November 1971, flies to Paris, London, Frankfurt, Brussels, and many African cities; it also operates all scheduled domestic flights. In 2003, about 315,000 passengers were carried on domestic and international flights. Cameroon Airlines is jointly owned by the government and Air France. Among the other airlines serving Cameroon are Pan Am, Air Afrique, Alitalia, Swissair, Iberia, Air Zaire, Air Mali, and Nigeria Airways.

Airports - with paved runways

• total: 10
• over 3,047 m: 2
• 2,438 to 3,047 m: 4
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
• 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2008)

Airports - with unpaved runways

• total: 24
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
• 914 to 1,523 m: 14
• under 914 m: 6 (2008)

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