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Transportation
198 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
31
total: 26
over 3,047 m: 4
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (2010)
total: 172
1,524 to 2,437 m: 20
914 to 1,523 m: 91
under 914 m: 61 (2010)
gas 37 km; oil 39 km; refined products 756 km (2009)
total: 4,007 km
country comparison to the world: 42
narrow gauge: 3,882 km 1.067-m gauge (858 km electrified); 125 km 1.000-m gauge (2008)
total: 153,497 km
country comparison to the world: 34
paved: 2,794 km
unpaved: 150,703 km (2004)
15,000 km (including the Congo, its tributaries, and unconnected lakes) (2009)
country comparison to the world: 8
total: 1
country comparison to the world: 158
by type: petroleum tanker 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Republic of the Congo 1) (2010)
Banana, Boma, Bukavu, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Matadi, Mbandaka
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