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Transportation in Mauritania, Mauritania

Maciej Mońka

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Railways: total: 704 km (single track, standard gauge); 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)