Currency (code):
ouguiya (MRO)
Currency code:
MRO
Exchange rates:
ouguiyas per US dollar - NA(2004), 263.03 (2003), 271.74 (2002),
255.63 (2001), 238.92 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Mauritania
Telephones - main lines in use:
31,500 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
300,000 (2003)
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)