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Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...

is basic, with most roads outside the capital Bissau being unpaved.

Railways

There are no railways in Guinea-Bissau. At the Port of Bissau, there was a small cargo railway working from the late 19th century into the 1940s. In 1998 an agreement was signed between

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and Guinea-Bissau for construction of a railway to Guinea, but the outbreak of the

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in 1998 made these plans impossible.

Roads

* Total: 4,400 km * Paved: 453 km * Unpaved: 3,947 km (1996 est.) The Trans–West African Coastal Highway crosses Guinea-Bissau, connecting it to Banjul (

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), Conakry ( Guinea), and eventually to 11 other nations of the

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(ECOWAS).

Waterways

Several rivers are accessible to coastal shipping in Guinea-Bissau.

Seaports and harbours

* Port of Bissau * Buba * Cacheu *

Farim Farim is a town of northern Guinea-Bissau. It sits on the north bank of the Farim/Cacheu River, about 215 km (135 miles) up the river from Cacheu. Population 8,661 (2009 census).Osvaldo Vieira International Airport Osvaldo Vieira International Airport , also known as Bissau-Bissalanca Airport, is an international airport that serves the city of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, as well as the Metropolitan Region of Bissau. It is the only international ai ...

in Bissau. * 30 (1999 est.) Paved runways: * 3 (

Osvaldo Vieira International Airport Osvaldo Vieira International Airport , also known as Bissau-Bissalanca Airport, is an international airport that serves the city of Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, as well as the Metropolitan Region of Bissau. It is the only international ai ...

, Cufar Airport, and Bubaque Airport) '' Over 3, 047 m:'' * 1 ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' * 1 ''914 to 1,523 m:'' * 1 Unpaved runways: * 27 ''1,524 to 2,437 m:'' *1 ''914 to 1,523 m:'' * 4 ''under 914 m:'' * 22 (1999 est.)

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