Transport in Mauritania

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A truck in Mauritania carrying a lot of people and goods

[edit] Railways

717 km total of single track 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in) (standard gauge), owned and operated by a government mining company S.N.I.M.. The railway goes from the mine at Zouerat, passing the mine at Fderik, and ends at the port of Nouadhibou/Cansado.
One of the world's longest trains (up to 2.5 km long) runs here, with more than 200 wagons mainly transporting iron ore, and some carriages for passengers; alternatively, people sit on top of the iron piles ([1], [2], [3]).

[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries

Western Sahara - no - no railways
Algeria - no - same gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Mali - no- Break of gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)/1,000 mm (3 ft 3+³⁄₈ in)
Senegal - no - Break of gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)/1,000 mm (3 ft 3+³⁄₈ in)

[edit] Towns served by rail

Main article: Railway stations in Mauritania

Fderik - mine
Zouerat - mine
Nouadhibou - port
Cansado - port

[edit] Towns proposed to be served by rail

Nouakchott - port and national capital
Tiguint
Mederdra
R'Kiz
Leguatt
Leeleibatt
Menjem Boffal
Kaedi
Bofal - phosphate mine

[edit] Maps

[edit] Links

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[edit] Timeline

[edit] 2008

May - 8 new EMD locomotives ^[1]

Deal signed for line to Kaedi. ^[2]

[edit] 2007

Sunday, August 5, 2007 - Sudan, China To Build $630 Mln Mauritania Railway.

Sudan's Danfodio Holding and China's Transtech Engineering have signed an agreement to build a 460 million euro ($634 million) railway linking Mauritania's capital Nouakchott with southern phosphate deposits at Bofal. ^[3] The 430 km (290 mile) line would run close to the southern frontier with Senegal. It is hoped that the new line would link with existing lines just across the border in Senegal, Mali ^[4] There is no through link to Burkina Faso. There are problems of choice of gauge.

[edit] Highways

A truck in Mauritania carrying people, goats and other goods across the desert.

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

[edit] International highways

The Cairo-Dakar Highway in the Trans-African Highway network passes through Mauritania, and has recently been paved between the capital Nouakchott and the port of Nouadhibou, only a few kilometres remain unpaved at the Morocco border [7]. From Dakar there are links throughout West Africa.

The north-western end of the Trans-West African Coastal Highway is considered by ECOWAS to originate in Nouakchott.

[edit] Waterways

Mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

[edit] Ports and Harbours

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

(from north to south)

[edit] Senegal River

Kaedi

[edit] Merchant marine

None as of 2002

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[0] Railways Africa - NEW LOCOS FOR MAURITANIA

[1] Mauritania - Railpage Australia Forums (Africa)

[2] ttp://al-hakawati.net/english/Cities/city26.asp

[3] Investing | Africa - Reuters.com

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