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

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