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1852:recognition
1805:South Sudan
1695:Ivory Coast
1162:Franceville
1099:EMD JT42CWR
985:Brazzaville
935:Franceville
863:Franceville
231:Franceville
165:Track gauge
156:Line length
106:Franceville
76:Native name
40: /
1958:Categories
1907:(Portugal)
1865:Somaliland
1785:Seychelles
1750:Mozambique
1735:Mauritania
1720:Madagascar
1675:The Gambia
1610:Cape Verde
1361:Literature
1199:References
1188:AfricaRail
981:privatised
944:and carry
894:bankrupted
311:Libreville
227:Libreville
132:Heavy rail
101:Libreville
1740:Mauritius
1353:2002-2003
1131:, or the
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950:manganese
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151:Technical
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1815:Tanzania
1665:Ethiopia
1660:Eswatini
1640:Djibouti
1605:Cameroon
1590:Botswana
1520:, Jane's
1499:Accident
1233:Archived
1177:See also
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1031: in
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968:mine at
960:via the
946:iron ore
926:and the
537:Bissouna
188: in
115:Stations
71:Overview
1916:RĂ©union
1912:Mayotte
1903:Madeira
1898:(Spain)
1894:Melilla
1825:Tunisia
1795:Somalia
1780:Senegal
1765:Nigeria
1755:Namibia
1745:Morocco
1710:Liberia
1705:Lesotho
1655:Eritrea
1625:Comoros
1600:Burundi
1575:Algeria
1141:uranium
1119:Network
1113:Belinga
1088:Belinga
1058:British
1054:uranium
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913:viaduct
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687:Mouyabi
512:Otoumbi
257:History
215:railway
183:⁄
138:History
123:Service
94:Termini
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1830:Uganda
1770:Rwanda
1725:Malawi
1685:Guinea
1580:Angola
1525:UN Map
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1166:Ndjolé
1151:Trivia
1137:timber
972:, the
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924:Ogooue
917:Abanga
911:, the
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903:until
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712:Milole
662:Ivindo
612:Offoue
487:Alembe
462:Ndjolé
437:Abanga
306:Owendo
275:Legend
251:Moanda
235:Ndjolé
223:Owendo
207:French
143:Opened
128:System
89:Active
86:Status
1890:Ceuta
1810:Sudan
1760:Niger
1715:Libya
1700:Kenya
1680:Ghana
1670:Gabon
1645:Egypt
1585:Benin
1170:Booué
1164:, at
920:swamp
857:669km
832:619km
807:584km
782:549km
762:Doume
757:514km
732:484km
707:448km
682:411km
657:375km
637:Booué
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407:118km
387:M'Bel
362:Andem
337:Ntoum
243:Booué
219:Gabon
1820:Togo
1730:Mali
1620:Chad
1484:ISBN
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587:Lopé
562:Ayem
412:Oyam
382:85km
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201:The
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