Editing Central African Republic (section)

=== Infrastructure ===
==== Transportation ====
{{Main|Transportation in the Central African Republic}}
[[File:Central African Republic - Trucks in Bangui.jpg|thumb|Trucks in [[Bangui]]]]
Two trans-African automobile routes pass through the Central African Republic: the [[Tripoli-Cape Town Highway]] and the [[Lagos-Mombasa Highway]]. Bangui is the transport hub of the Central African Republic. As of 1999, eight roads connected the city to other main towns in the country, [[Cameroon]], Chad, and [[South Sudan]]; of these, only the toll roads are paved. During the rainy season from July to October, some roads are impassable.<ref name=e200>[[#Eur|Eur]], pp. 200–202</ref><ref>{{Cite book|author1=Graham Booth|author2=G. R McDuell|author3=John Sears|title=World of Science: 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IEfzrFNicNkC&pg=PA57|date=1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-914698-7|page=57|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905084424/https://books.google.com/books?id=IEfzrFNicNkC&pg=PA57|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

River [[ferry|ferries]] sail from the [[river port]] at Bangui to [[Brazzaville]] and [[Zongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo|Zongo]]. The river can be navigated most of the year between Bangui and Brazzaville. From Brazzaville, goods are transported by rail to [[Pointe-Noire]], Congo's Atlantic port.<ref name=Finanace>
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</ref> The river port handles the overwhelming majority of the country's international trade and has a cargo handling capacity of 350,000 tons; it has {{Convert|350|m}} length of [[wharfs]] and {{Convert|24000|m2}} of warehousing space.<ref name=e200/>

[[Bangui M'Poko International Airport]] is Central African Republic's only international airport. As of June 2014 it had regularly scheduled direct flights to [[Maya-Maya Airport|Brazzaville]], [[Mohammed V International Airport|Casablanca]], [[Cadjehoun Airport|Cotonou]], [[Douala International Airport|Douala]], [[N'djili Airport|Kinshasa]], [[Lomé-Tokoin Airport|Lomé]], [[Quatro de Fevereiro Airport|Luanda]], [[Malabo International Airport|Malabo]], [[N'Djamena International Airport|N'Djamena]], [[Paris-Charles de Gaulle|Paris]], [[Pointe Noire Airport|Pointe-Noire]], and [[Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport|Yaoundé]].{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Since at least 2002 there have been plans to connect Bangui by [[Rail transport|rail]] to the [[Transcameroon Railway]].<ref>[[#Eur|Eur]], p. 185</ref>

==== Energy ====
{{See also|List of power stations in the Central African Republic}}
The Central African Republic primarily uses [[hydroelectricity]] as there are few other low cost resources for generating electricity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.andritz.com/hydro-en/hydronews/hydropower-africa/central-africa|title=Hydropower in Central Africa – Hydro News Africa – ANDRITZ HYDRO|website=www.andritz.com|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227210353/https://www.andritz.com/hydro-en/hydronews/hydropower-africa/central-africa|url-status=live}}</ref> Access to electricity is very limited with 15.6% of the total population having electrification, 34.6% in urban areas and 1.5% in rural areas.<ref name="WorldFactbook">{{cite web |title=Central African Republic Energy |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/central-african-republic/#energy |website=CIA World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=16 September 2023 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224211128/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ct.html#energy |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Communications ====
{{Main|Communications in the Central African Republic}}
Presently, the Central African Republic has active television services, radio stations, [[internet service providers]], and [[Mobile network operator|mobile phone carriers]]; [[Socatel]] is the leading provider for both internet and mobile phone access throughout the country. The primary governmental regulating bodies of telecommunications are the Ministère des Postes and Télécommunications et des Nouvelles Technologies. In addition, the Central African Republic receives international support on telecommunication related operations from [[ITU-D|ITU Telecommunication Development Sector]] (ITU-D) within the [[International Telecommunication Union]] to improve infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regulatory-Market/Pages/RA_Portal/RA_AFR.aspx|title=Regional Regulatory Associations in Africa|website=www.itu.int|access-date=27 February 2020|archive-date=27 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227210353/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regulatory-Market/Pages/RA_Portal/RA_AFR.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>