rtners:
France 18.2%, UK 7.1%, US 6.9%, China 6%, Spain 5%, Belgium 4.3%
(2005)

Debt - external:
$2.5 billion (2000)

Economic aid - recipient:
$305.7 million (2002)

Currency (code):
ouguiya (MRO)

Currency code:
MRO

Exchange rates:
ouguiyas per US dollar - NA (2005), NA (2004), 263.03 (2003),
271.74 (2002)

Fiscal year:
calendar year

Communications Mauritania

Telephones - main lines in use:
41,000 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
745,600 (2005)

Telephone system:
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:
32 (2006)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5 (2001)

Internet users:
14,000 (2005)

Transportation Mauritania

Airports:
25 (2006)

Airports - with paved runways:
total: 8
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2006)

Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (2006)

Railways:
717 km
standard gauge: 717 km 1.435-m gauge (2005)

Roadways:
total: 7,660 km
paved: 866 km
unpaved: 6,794 km (1999)

Ports and terminals:
Nouadhibou, Nouakchott

Military Mauritania

Military branches:
Mauritanian Armed Forces: Army, Navy (Marine Mauritanienne;
includes naval infantry), Air Force (Force Aerienne Islamique de
Mauritanie, FAIM) (2005)

Military service age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); conscript service obligation - two years;
majority of servicemen believed to be volunteers; service in Air
Force and Navy is voluntary (April 2005)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 606,463
females age 18-49: 607,955 (2005 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 370,513
females age 18-49: 384,269 (2005 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$19.32 million (2005 est.)

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