Railroads: 690 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track, owned and operated by government mining company

Highways: 8,150 km total; 1,350 km paved; 1,660 km gravel, crushed stone, or otherwise improved; 5,140 km unimproved

Inland waterways: mostly ferry traffic

Ports: Nouadhibou, Nouakchott

Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft

Airports: 30 total, 29 usable; 9 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: poor system of cable and open-wire lines, minor radio relay links, and radio communications stations; 5,200 telephones; stations--2 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 ARABSAT satellite ground stations, with a third planned

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.