Transportation Mauritius
Highways:
total: 2,000 km
paved: 1,960 km (including 60 km of expressways)
unpaved: 40 km (2002)
Ports and harbors:
Port Louis
Merchant marine:
total: 8 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 22,946 GRT/27,102 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 4, passenger/cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 2
foreign-owned: 6 (India 4, Switzerland 2) (2005)
Airports:
6 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 2
over 3,047 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Military Mauritius
Military branches:
National Police Force (includes the paramilitary Special Mobile
Force or SMF and National Coast Guard)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 313,271 (2005 est.)