8 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 24
under 914 m: 13 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 24,307 km (2000)

Waterways:

2,800 km (primarily on the Oubangui and Sangha rivers) (2006)

Ports and terminals:

Bangui, Nola, Salo, Nzinga

Military
Central African Republic

Military branches:

Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA):
Ground Forces, General Directorate of Gendarmerie Inspection (DGIG),
Military Air Service, National Police (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service;
2-year conscript service obligation (2006)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,032,828
females age 16-49: 999,330 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 534,141
females age 16-49: 495,303 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 54,655
female: 54,420 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

1.1% of GDP (2006 est.)

Transnational Issues
Central African Republic

Disputes - international:

periodic skirmishes over water and grazing rights among related
pastoral populations along the border with southern Sudan persist

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

refugees (country of origin): 7,900 (Sudan); 3,700 (Democratic
Republic of the Congo); note - UNHCR resumed repatriation of
Southern Sudanese refugees in 2006
IDPs: 197,000 (ongoing unrest following coup in 2003) (2007)

Trafficking in persons:

current situation: Central African Republic is a source, transit,
and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for
the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; the majority
of victims are children trafficked within the country for sexual
exploitation, domestic servitude, street vending, and forced
agricultural, mine, market and restaurant labor; to a lesser extent,
children are trafficked from the Central African Republic to
Cameroon, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo; rebels
conscript children into armed forces within the country
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Central African Republic is on the
Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year for its failure to
show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in 2007;
efforts to address trafficking through vigorous law enforcement
measures and victim protection efforts were minimal, though
awarenes