Highways: total: 7,720 km
paved: 830 km
unpaved: 6,890 km (2000)

Waterways: note: ferry traffic on the Senegal River

Ports and harbors: Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso

Merchant marine: none (2002)

Airports: 26 (2002)

Airports - with paved runways: total: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 16
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 6
under 914 m: 3 (2002)

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania Transportation 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.