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| MAURITANIAN TRANSPORTATION STATS: |
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Air transport, freight > million tons per km
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0.09 million tons/km
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[136th of 153]
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Air transport, passengers carried
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138,595
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[130th of 164]
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Aircraft departures
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2,200 |
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[131st of 155]
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Airports
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25 |
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[133rd of 247]
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Driving side of the road > Left or right
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Right side |
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Highways > Paved
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830 km |
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[58th of 113]
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Highways > Total
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7,720 km |
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[53rd of 118]
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Motor vehicles
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5 motor vehicles per 100 p |
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[116th of 134]
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Ports and harbors Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso |
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Ports and terminals
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Nouadhibou, Nouakchott |
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Railways
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717 km |
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[2nd of 86]
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Railways > Standard gauge
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717 km |
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[42nd of 64]
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Railways > Total
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717 km |
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[101st of 220]
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Roads, total network > km
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7,660 km
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[117th of 172]
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Roadways > Paved
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2,966 km |
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[45th of 81]
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Roadways > Total
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11,066 km |
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[47th of 85]
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Roadways > Unpaved
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8,100 km |
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[27th of 79]
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > international Mauritanian claims to Western Sahara have been dormant in recent years |
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Vehicle abundance
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0.23 per square km |
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[126th of 141]
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Waterways > A note ferry traffic on the Senegal River |
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World standards on users.pandora.be; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
World Bank Global Development Indicators, 2001; World Bank, World Development Indicators 2001, Washington, DC: World Bank, 2001
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah, Muritaniyah
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