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Transport in Somalia includes a network of highways, and several ports. There are now no railways in Somalia, and the country possesses no merchant marine.
Adjacent countries
Railways
A railway used to exist for 114km between Mogadishu and Jawhar around the 1940s. The gauge was 950 mm (3 ft 1? in). [1]
Road
Somalia's network of highways is 22,100 km long, 2,608 km of which are paved.
Pipelines
15 km of pipeline in Somalia carries crude oil.
Sea
Major ports include Bender Cassim (Boosaaso), Berbera, Chisimayu (Kismaayo), Merca and Mogadishu. Somalia does not possess a merchant marine.
Air
Somalia has 65 airports. Of the seven with paved runways, four have runways whose length exceeds 10,000ft (3,048m). The unpaved runways are typically from 3000ft (914m) to 5000ft (1524m) long.
See also
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