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

Highways
total: 7,660 km
paved: 866 km
unpaved: 6,794 km (1996 est.)

Waterways mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

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

Merchant marine none

Airports 26 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 18
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 2 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.