$168 million;
Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments
(1970-89), $1.3 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $490 million;
Communist countries (1970-89), $277 million; Arab Development Bank
(1991), $20 million

Currency: 1 ouguiya (UM) = 5 khoums

Exchange rates: ouguiyas (UM) per US$1 - 125.910 (January 1995),
123.575 (1994), 120.806 (1993),87.027 (1992), 81.946 (1991), 80.609
(1990)

Fiscal year: calendar year

@Mauritania:Transportation

Railroads:
total: 690 km (single track); note - owned and operated by government
mining company
standard gauge: 690 km 1.435-m gauge

Highways:
total: 7,525 km
paved: 1,685 km
unpaved: gravel, crushed stone, otherwise improved 1,040 km;
unimproved earth 4,800 km (roads, trails, tracks)

Inland waterways: mostly ferry traffic on the Senegal River

Ports: Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso

Merchant marine: none

Airports:
total: 28
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1
with paved runways under 914 m: 2
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 6
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 10

@Mauritania:Communications

Telephone system: NA telephones; poor system of cable and open-wire
lines, minor microwave radio relay links, and radio communications
stations (improvements being made)
local: NA
intercity: mostly cable and open wire lines
international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) and 2 ARABSAT earth
stations, with six planned

Radio:
broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 0, shortwave 0
radios: NA

Television:
broadcast stations: 1
televisions: NA

@Mauritania:Defense Forces

Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Guard,
National Police, Presidential Guard

Manpower availability: males age 15-49 483,916; males fit for military
service 236,323

Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $36 million, 2.7% of
GDP (1994)

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MAURITIUS

@Mauritius:Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of
Madagascar

Map references: World

Area:
total area: 1,860 sq km
land area: 1,850 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than 10.5 times the size of
Washington, DC
note: includes Agalega Islands, Cargados Carajos Shoals (Saint
Brandon