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

Highways
total: 7,600 km
paved: 851 km
unpaved: 6,749 km (1995 est.)

Waterways mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

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

Merchant marine none

Airports 24 (1996 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total : 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (1996 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 14
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 9 (1996 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.