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1991-04-08
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Communications
Railroads: 670 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track,
owned and operated by government mining company.
Highways: 7,525 km total; 1,685 km paved; 1,040 km gravel,
crushed stone, or otherwise improved; 4,800 km unimproved
roads, trails, tracks.
Inland waterways: mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River.
Ports: Nouadhibou, Nouakchott.
Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
1,272 GRT/ 1,840 DWT.
Civil air: 2 major transport aircraft.
Airports: 30 total, 29 usable; 9 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 4 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 17 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: poor system of cable and open-wire lines,
minor radio relay links, and radio communications stations;
5,200 telephones; stations--2 AM, no FM, 1 TV; satellite
earth stations--1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 2 ARABSAT,
with a third planned.