Mauritania Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Railroads: 740 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track, privately owned

Highways-" 540 km total; 1,350 km paved; 710 km gravel, crushed stone, or otherwise improved; 5,480 km unimproved

Inland waterways: 800 km

Ports: 2 major (Nouadhibou and Nouakchott)

Civil air: 5 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 31 total, 31 usable; 10 with permanent-surface runways; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 16 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 (0.2 per 100 popl.); 2 AM, no FM or TV stations; 2 satellite ground stations under construction

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.