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<title>
Mauritania: Communications
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Mauritania
Communications</hdr><body>
<p>Railroads: 690 km 1.435-meter (standard) gauge, single track, owned
and operated by government mining company
</p>
<p>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
</p>
<p>Inland waterways: mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River
</p>
<p>Ports: Nouadhibou, Nouakchott
</p>
<p>Merchant marine: 1 cargo ship (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,290
GRT/1,840 DWT
</p>
<list>
<l>Airports:</l>
<l> total: 29</l>
<l> usable: 29</l>
<l> with permanent-surface runways: 9</l>
<l> with runways over 3,659 m: 1</l>
<l> with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 5</l>
<l> with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 16</l>
</list>
<p>Telecommunications: poor system of cable and open-wire lines, minor
microwave radio relay links, and radio communications stations
(improvements being made); broadcast stations - 2 AM, no FM, 1 TV;
satellite earth stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 2 ARABSAT,
with six planned
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