general
assessment: limited system of cable and open-wire lines,
minor microwave radio relay links, and radiotelephone
communications stations (improvements being made) domestic: mostly cable and open-wire lines; a recently
completed domestic satellite telecommunications system links
Nouakchott with regional capitals international: country code - 222; satellite earth
stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 2 Arabsat
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 14,
shortwave 1 (2001)
Radios:
410,000 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2002)
Televisions:
98,000 (2001)
Internet country code:
.mr
Internet hosts:
25 (2003)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)
Internet users:
10,000 (2002)
Transportation
Mauritania
Railways:
717 km standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2003)
Highways:
total:
7,660 km paved: 866 km unpaved: 6,794 km (1999 est.)
Waterways:
some ferry
traffic on Senegal River (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Bogue, Kaedi,
Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso
Airports:
24 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 16
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9 914 to 1,523 m: 6 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.)