Transport in Chad

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Three trans-African automobile routes pass through Chad:

• the Tripoli-Cape Town Highway (3)
• the Dakar-Ndjamena Highway (5)
• the Ndjamena-Djibouti Highway (6)

As at 2018 Chad had a total of 44,000 km of roads of which approximately 260 km are paved. Some, but not all of the roads in the capital N'Djamena are paved. Outside of N'Djamena there is one paved road which runs from Massakory in the north, through N'Djamena and then south, through the cities of Guélengdeng, Bongor, Kélo and Moundou, with a short spur leading in the direction of Kousseri, Cameroon, near N'Djamena. Expansion of the road towards Cameroon through Pala and Léré is reportedly in the preparatory stages.{{cite book |title=Global Logistics Assessments Reports Handbook: Strategic Transportation and Customs Information for Selected Countries |date=15 February 2008 |publisher=International Business Pubns USA |pages=125 |isbn=9780739766033 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x3TrjmWAsMC&q=Cameroon+through+Pala+and+L%C3%A9r%C3%A9+road+expansion&pg=PA125 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{See also|List of airports in Chad}}

{{As of|2012}} Chad had an estimated 58 airports, only 9 of which had paved runways.

{{cite web

| url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chad/

| title = Chad:Transport

| work = The World Factbook

| publisher = CIA

| date = 15 August 2012}}

In 2015, scheduled airlines in Chad carried approximately 28,332 passengers.{{cite web |title=Chad Transportation |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chad/ |website=CIA World Factbook |access-date=14 January 2020}}

Statistics on airports with paved runways as of 2017:

List of airports with paved runways:{{cite web

| url = http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/airports/africa/chad.htm

| title = Airports in Chad

| work = aircraft-charter-world.com

| publisher = Air Broker Center International AB

| year = 2009

| access-date = 13 September 2006

| archive-date = 28 September 2020

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200928015517/http://www.aircraft-charter-world.com/airports/africa/chad.htm

| url-status = dead

}}

• Abeche Airport
• Bol Airport
• Faya-Largeau Airport
• Moundou Airport
• N'Djamena International Airport
• Sarh Airport

Statistics on airports with unpaved runways as of 2013:

As at 2012, Chari and Logone Rivers were navigable only in wet season (2002). Both flow northwards, from the south of Chad, into Lake Chad.

Since 2003, a 1,070 km pipeline has been used to export crude oil from the oil fields around Doba to offshore oil-loading facilities on Cameroon's Atlantic coast at Kribi.

{{cite web

| url = http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTREGINI/EXTCHADCAMPIPELINE/0,,contentMDK:20516071~menuPK:843292~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:843238,00.html

| title = Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: Project Overview

| publisher = The World Bank Group

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060326081220/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTREGINI/EXTCHADCAMPIPELINE/0,,contentMDK:20516071~menuPK:843292~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:843238,00.html

| archive-date = 26 March 2006

}}

The CIA World Factbook however cites only 582 km of pipeline in Chad itself as at 2013.

{{main|Rail transport in Chad}}

As of 2011 Chad had no railways. Two lines were planned to Sudan and Cameroon from the capital, with construction expected to start in 2012.{{cite web

| url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/work-to-begin-on-chad-rail-network/archiv/2012/01.html

| title = Work to begin on Chad rail network

| work = railwaygazette.com

| publisher = Railway Gazette International

| date = 13 January 2012

| access-date = 13 January 2012

| archive-date = 14 January 2017

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170114051423/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/work-to-begin-on-chad-rail-network/archiv/2012/01.html

| url-status = dead

}}

No operative lines were listed as of 2019.{{cite web

| url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/chad/

| title = Chad: Transportation

| work = CIA World Factbook 2019

| publisher = CIA

| date = 1 February 2020

}}

In 2021, an ADB study was funded for that rail link from Cameroon to Chad.

{{cite web

| url = https://constructionreviewonline.com/news/subsidy-for-feasibility-study-of-extending-railway-line-between-cameroon-and-chad/

| title = Chad: Transportation

| work = ConstructionReview

| publisher = CR

| date = 1 February 2021

}}

None (landlocked).

Chad's main routes to the sea are:{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

• From N'Djamena and the south west of Chad:
• By road to Ngaoundéré, in Cameroon, and then by rail to Douala
• By road to Maiduguri, in Nigeria, and then by rail to Port Harcourt
• From the north and east of Chad:
• By road across the Sahara desert to Libya

In colonial times, the main access was by road to Bangui, in the Central African Republic, then by river boat to Brazzaville, and onwards by rail from Brazzaville to Pointe Noire, on Congo's Atlantic coast. This route is now little used.{{Cite book|last=Ibp|first=Inc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x3TrjmWAsMC&q=In+colonial+times%2C+the+main+access+was+by+road+to+Bangui%2C+in+the+Central+African+Republic%2C+then+by+river+boat+to+Brazzaville%2C+and+onwards+by+rail+from+Brazzaville+to+Pointe+Noire%2C+on+Congo%27s+Atlantic+coast.+This+route+is+now+little+used&pg=PA125|title=Global Logistics Assessments Reports Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Transport and Customs Information for Selected Countries|date=2015-10-06|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=978-0-7397-6603-3|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

There is also a route across Sudan, to the Red Sea, but very little trade goes this way.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

Links with Niger, north of Lake Chad, are practically nonexistent; it is easier to reach Niger via Cameroon and Nigeria.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x3TrjmWAsMC&pg=PA126|title=Global Logistics Assessments Reports Handbook: Strategic Transportation and Customs Information for Selected Countries|last=USA|first=International Business Pubns|date=2008-02-15|publisher=Int'l Business Publications|isbn=9780739766033|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} {{dead link|date=February 2018}}

The Ministry is represented at the regional level by the Regional Delegations, which have jurisdiction over a part of the National Territory as defined by Decree No. 003 / PCE / CTPT / 91. Their organization and responsibilities are defined by Order No. 006 / MTPT / SE / DG / 92.

The Regional Delegations are:

:*The Regional Delegation of the Center covering the regions of Batha, Guéra and Salamat with headquarters in Mongo;

:*The Regional Delegation of the Center-Ouest covering the regions of Chari Baguirmi and Hatier Lamis with headquarters Massakory;

:*The North-West Regional Delegation covering the Kanem and Lake regions with headquarters in Mao;

:*The Western Regional Delegation covering the areas of Mayo-East Kebbi, Mayo-West Kebbi and Tandjile with headquarters in Bongor;

:*The Eastern Regional Delegation covering the regions of Wadi Fira and Ouaddai with headquarters in Abéché;

:*The South-East Regional Delegation covering the Mandoul and Moyen Chari regions with headquarters in Sarh;

:*The Southwest Regional Delegation covering the regions of Logone Occidental and Logone Orientai with headquarters in Moundou;

:*The Northern Regional Delegation covering the BET region with headquarters in Faya.

Each Regional Delegation is organized into regional services, namely: the Regional Roads Service, the Regional Transport Service, the Civilian Buildings Regional Service and, as needed, other regional services may be established in one or more Delegations .{{Cite web|url=http://infrastructures-tchad.org/|title=Ministry of Transportation Chad Projects|website=infrastructures-tchad.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180526190857/http://infrastructures-tchad.org/|archive-date=26 May 2018|url-status=dead}}

• Chad
• Economy of Chad

{{reflist}}

• {{cite web | url = http://www.comcec.org/UserFiles/File/ulastirma/%C3%9CLKE%20RAPORLARI/Chad.pdf | title = Réseaux des transports en République du Tchad (Transport networks in the Republic of Chad) | work = comcec.org | publisher = Ministère des Infrastructures et Equipements, Republique du Tchad (Ministry of Infrastructure and Equipment, Republic of Chad) | date = September 2011 | language = fr | access-date = 13 January 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130512043028/http://www.comcec.org/UserFiles/File/ulastirma/%C3%9CLKE%20RAPORLARI/Chad.pdf | archive-date = 12 May 2013 | url-status = dead }}

; Maps

• [https://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/profile/chad.pdf UN Map]
• [http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/45c8599a4.pdf UNHCR Atlas Map]

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