Transportation in Mauritania
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Railways:
total:
704 km (single track, standard gauge 1435mm ); owned and operated by government mining company S.N.I.M.; one of the world's longest trains runs here, up to 2.5 km long, with more than 200 wagons mainly transporting iron ore, and some carriages for passengers; alternatively, people sit on top of the iron piles ([1] (http://www.snim.com/mine-port2.html), [2] (http://lexicorient.com/mauritania/matrain.htm), [3] (http://lexicorient.com/mauritania/zouerat.htm); maps: [4] (http://www.sahara-occidental.com/images/cartes/cartesop.gif), [5] (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/westernsahara.jpg)). The railway ends at the port of Nouadhibou/Cansado.
Highways:
total:
7,720 km
paved:
830 km
unpaved:
6,890 km (2000)
Waterways: mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River
Ports and harbors: Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso
Merchant marine: none (2002)
Airports: 26 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total:
9
2,438 to 3,047 m:
3
1,524 to 2,437 m:
6 (2002)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total:
17
2,438 to 3,047 m:
2
1,524 to 2,437 m:
5
914 to 1,523 m:
7
under 914 m:
3 (2002)
- See also : Mauritaniafr:Transport en Mauritanie
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