Transport in Mauritania

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Contents 1 Railways 1.1 Rail links with adjacent countries 1.2 Maps 2 Highways 3 Waterways 4 Ports and harbors 5 Merchant marine 6 Airports (paved) 7 Airports (unpaved) 8 See also

[edit] Railways

• 700 km of rail in total (single track, standard gauge 1435 mm), owned and operated by a government mining company S.N.I.M.. The mines are at Fderik and Zouerat.
• 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], [2], [3];

• The railway ends at the port of Nouadhibou/Cansado.

[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries

• Western Sahara - no
• Algeria - no - same gauge 1435mm
• Mali - no
• Senegal - no - Break of gauge 1435mm/1000mm

[edit] Maps

• [4]
• [5]
• UNJLC Map

[edit] Highways

• 7,720 km in total
  • 830 km paved
  • 6,890 km unpaved (2000)

[edit] Waterways

• Mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

[edit] Ports and harbors

• Bogue
• Kaedi
• Nouadhibou
• Nouakchott
• Rosso

[edit] Merchant marine

• None as of 2002

[edit] Airports (paved)

• 9 in total (2002)
• 3 are of length 2,438 to 3,047 m
• 6 are of length 1,524 to 2,437 m

[edit] Airports (unpaved)

• 17 in total (2002)
• 2 are of length 2,438 to 3,047 m
• 5 are of length 1,524 to 2,437 m
• 7 are of length 914 to 1,523 m
• 3 are of length under 914 m

[edit] See also

• Mauritania