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Mauritania Transportation Profile

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Railwaystotal: 728 km (2014)

standard gauge: 728 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
Roadwaystotal: 12,253 km (2018)

paved: 3,988 km (2018)

unpaved: 8,265 km (2018)
Waterways(some navigation possible on the Senegal River) (2011)
Ports and terminalsmajor seaport(s): Nouadhibou, Nouakchott
Merchant marinetotal: 5

by type: general cargo 2, other 3 (2020)
Airportstotal: 30 (2013)
Airports - with paved runwaystotal: 9 (2017)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 5 (2017)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)
Airports - with unpaved runwaystotal: 21 (2013)

2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 (2013)

1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 (2013)

914 to 1,523 m: 8 (2013)

under 914 m: 2 (2013)
National air transport systemnumber of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)

inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 6

annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 454,435 (2018)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix5T

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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