Railways

• 704 km of rail in total (single track, standard gauge 1435 mm), owned and operated by a government mining company S.N.I.M.
• One of the world's longest trains runs here (up to 2.5 km long), with more than 200 wagons mainly transporting iron ore, and some carriages for passengers; alternatively, people sit on top of the iron piles (^*;" target="_blank" >maps: ^*).
• The railway ends at the port of Nouadhibou/Cansado.

Highways

• 7,720 km in total
  • 830 km paved
  • 6,890 km unpaved (2000)

Waterways

• Mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

Ports and harbors

• Bogue
• Kaedi
• Nouadhibou
• Nouakchott
• Rosso

Merchant marine

• None as of 2002

Airports (paved)

• 9 in total (2002)
• 3 are of length 2,438 to 3,047 m
• 6 are of length 1,524 to 2,437 m

Airports (unpaved)

• 17 in total (2002)
• 2 are of length 2,438 to 3,047 m
• 5 are of length 1,524 to 2,437 m
• 7 are of length 914 to 1,523 m
• 3 are of length under 914 m

See also

• Mauritania

Transport in Mauritania

Transport en Mauritanie | תחבורה במאוריטניה