North-South Corridor (Africa)

Description: North-South Corridor - Africa.

The North-South Corridor (Africa, 10,647 kilometres) links:

1. Central Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2. East Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania
3. Southern Africa: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

The North-South Corridor Aid-for-trade programme is a key project of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement:

1. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
2. East African Community (EAC)
3. Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Key features of the North-South Corridor:

1. Launched in 2009
2. Estimated cost of the North-South Corridor: 11 billion dollars
3. Road network: 8,600 kilometres
4. Rail transport network: 600 kilometres
5. The North-South Corridor includes the Dar es-Salaam Corridor and parts of the Trans-Kalahari and Nacala Corridors
6. The North-South Corridor transports 95% of the exports and imports of the Tripartite region along the North-South Corridor and 5% using the rail network

Main cities related to the North-South Corridor:

1. Tanzania: Dar es-Salaam, Nguerengere, Morogoro, Kitonga, Iringa, Mafinga, Makambako, Igawa, and Uyole
2. Malawi: Uyole, Chiweta, Mzuzu, Lilongwe, and Blantyre
3. Botswana: Gaborone and Francistown
4. South Africa: Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Durban
5. Democratic Republic of the Congo: Likasi and Kolwezi
6. Zimbabwe: Harare and Bulawayo
7. Zambia: Lusaka and Ndola

The North-South Corridor links with the Cairo-Gaborone Corridor

Access to the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor

Nearest ports to the North-South Corridor:

1. Port of Durban (South Africa)
2. Port of Maputo (Mozambique)
3. Port of Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Main languages: English.

Main religion in the North-South Corridor region is Christianity

The North-South Corridor belongs to the African Civilisation.

1. Central African Economic Area
2. Southern African Economic Area
3. East African Economic Area

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