Mauritania/Transportation

Railways:
total: 704 km (single track); note - owned and operated by government mining company
standard gauge: 704 km 1.435-m gauge (1995)

Highway?s:
total: 7,660 km
paved: 866 km
unpaved: 6,794 km (1996 est.)

Waterway?s: mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

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

Merchant marine: none (1999 est.)

Airport?s: 26 (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 2 (1999 est.)