Introduction
Which are the key means of transportation in Senegal? Senegal has transport systems like Rail, Air, Pipeline, etc, with Waterways of about 1,000 km (2012) (primarily on the Senegal, Saloum, and Casamance Rivers). The Civil aircraft registration country code prefix is 6V
Transportation in Senegal
Number of Airports 19 (2024)
Heliports
Pipelines 43 km gas, 8 km refined products (2017)
Railways
Total 906 km (2017) (713 km operational in 2017)
Narrow gauge 906 km (2017) 1.000-m gauge
Roadways
Total 16,665 km
Paved 6,126 km (includes 241 km of expressways)
Unpaved 10,539 km (2017)
National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers 2 (2020)
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 11
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 21,038 (2018)
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 40,000 (2018) mt-km
Merchant marine
Total 36 (2023)
By type general cargo 5, oil tanker 1, other 30
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Senegal is found in Western Africa