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'''Transport in Western Sahara''' is very limited by sea, road and air with camels being the primary means of transport in the desert area.{{sfn|Pablo San Martin|2010}} ▼
▲'''Transport in Western Sahara''' is very limited by sea, road and air with camels being the primary means of transport.{{sfn|Pablo San Martin|2010}}
==Rail==
[[Western Sahara]] has no rail service,<ref name="gov.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/western-sahara/safety-and-security|title=Western Sahara|last=|first=|date=|website=Gov.Uk|publisher=|access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref> with the exception of a {{Convert|5|km|mi|adj=on}} section of the [[Mauritania Railway]]; which (since the closure of the [[Choum Tunnel]]), cuts across the extreme south-eastern corner of the territory. Passengers with tickets ride in cramped cars while many illegal passengers, sometimes with livestock, ride on top of [[Railroad car|freight cars]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/12/opinions/cnnphotos-sutter-mauritania-train/|title=The 'Normal Train' That Crosses the Sahara|last=Sutter|first=John D.|date=26 January 2016|work=CNN|access-date=17 October 2016|via=}}</ref>
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[[File:Saguia el-Hamra, Laayoune.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The road into [[El Aaiún—Laayoune]] from the north crosses the [[Saguia el-Hamra]], a seasonal river where flamingos can be seen]]
There are only {{Convert|6200|km|mi}} of roads, of which {{Convert|1126|km|mi}} are [[metalled]].{{sfn|USOIM|USDIBA|2009}} A small network of highways provide limited ground travel connections. N1 highway is a major roadway traversing along the Atlantic coastline of the country. There are a few roads in the north and only two roads in the south that branches off of N1. All other roads are local ones in the various cities and towns. Off road driving is considered dangerous since there are "thousands of unexploded [[Land mine|mines]]" in the area.<ref name="gov.uk"/> Highway road plans in the region started by [[Algeria]] have been used to increase its own influence in the region.{{Sfn|Ammour|2014|p=94}} There are only 4 companies licensed to use buses in Western Sahara which are: CTM, Supratours, Satas and Sat CTM and Supratours buses have daily service from Dakhla to Marrakech via Laayoune and Agadir
==Ports==
The major port in Western Sahara are Ad [[Dakhla, Western Sahara|Dakhla]] - small docking facility (Port Marchand Lassarga/Port-Îlot) located in a shelter bay south of the airport, [[Cabo Bojador]] - small port with fishing boats store inland and [[El Aaiún|Laayoune]] (El Aaiun) - major deep water port facility; used by vessels carrying phosphate, large fishing vessels and military patrol boats. The longest [[conveyor belt]] in the world is {{Convert|100|km|mi}} long, from the [[phosphate]] [[mining|mine]]s of [[Bu Craa]] to the coast south of Laayoune.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-longest-conveyor-belt-system-can-be-seen-fro-1566742063|title=The World's Longest Conveyor Belt System Can Be Seen From Space|last=Zhang|first=Sarah|date=24 April 2014|work=Gizmodo|access-date=16 October 2016|via=}}</ref> The belt moves about 2,000 metric tons of rock containing phosphate every hour from the mines to El-Aaiun, where it is loaded and shipped.<ref name=":0" />▼
==Air transport==
[[File:Airport Terminal, Dakhla.jpg|left|200px|thumb|[[Dakhla Airport]]]]
▲The longest [[conveyor belt]] in the world is {{Convert|100|km|mi}} long, from the [[phosphate]] [[mining|mine]]s of [[Bu Craa]] to the coast south of Laayoune.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://gizmodo.com/the-worlds-longest-conveyor-belt-system-can-be-seen-fro-1566742063|title=The World's Longest Conveyor Belt System Can Be Seen From Space|last=Zhang|first=Sarah|date=24 April 2014|work=Gizmodo|access-date=16 October 2016|via=}}</ref> The belt moves about 2,000 metric tons of rock containing phosphate every hour from the mines to El-Aaiun, where it is loaded and shipped.<ref name=":0" />
There are 6 airfields, 3 with paved runways and 3 unpaved surfaces, and one helipad (military in Cape Bojador). [[Hassan I Airport]] is an international airport, but the carriers at the airport connect only to regional destinations (to [[Morocco]] or the [[Canary Islands]]).
==See also==
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