Mauritania Transportation 1996

Railroads:

total:

690 km (single track); note - owned and operated by government mining company

standard gauge:

690 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways:

total:

7,525 km

paved:

1,685 km

unpaved:

gravel, crushed stone, otherwise improved 1,040 km; unimproved earth 4,800 km (roads, trails, tracks)

Inland waterways:

mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

Ports:

Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso

Merchant marine:

none

Airports:

total:

with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m:

with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

with paved runways under 914 m:

with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m:

with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m:

with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:

Telephone system:

NA telephones; poor system of cable and open-wire lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radio communications stations (improvements being made)

local:

intercity:

mostly cable and open wire lines

international:

1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) and 2 ARABSAT earth stations, with six planned

Radio:

broadcast stations:

AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0

radios:

Television:

broadcast stations:

televisions:

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