transportation in mauritania

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 (http://www.snim.com/mine-port2.html, http://lexicorient.com/mauritania/matrain.htm, http://lexicorient.com/mauritania/zouerat.htm; maps: http://www.sahara-occidental.com/images/cartes/cartesop.gif, 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 : Mauritania

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