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'''Transport in Western Sahara''' is very limited by sea, road and air with [[Camel|camels]] being the primary means of
Portions of [[Western Sahara]] were a Spanish Colony
The world's longest cargo train, the Mauritania Railway cargo train,
==Background==
[[File:Saguia el-Hamra, Laayoune.jpg|200px|thumb|The road into [[El Aaiún]] from the north crosses the [[Saguia el-Hamra]], a seasonal river]]
Portions of [[Western Sahara]] were a Spanish Colony till 1975 as the last colonial province in Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realinstitutoelcano.org/documentos/98/DT-15-2004-E.pdf
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[[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
There are only {{Convert|6200|km|mi}} of roads, of which {{Convert|1126|km|mi}} are [[metalled]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=United States. Office of International Marketing|author2=United States. Domestic and International Business Administration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhdrfsCIERgC
== Rail transport ==
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Since the closure of the [[Choum Tunnel]], a {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} section of [[Mauritania Railway]] cuts through the [[Polisario Front]]-[[Free Zone (region)|controlled part]] of the [[Western Sahara]] ({{coord|21.354867|N|13.012644|W}}).
==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=https://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
[[File:Airport Terminal, Dakhla.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Dakhla Airport]]]]▼
▲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=https://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|200px|thumb|[[Dakhla Airport]]]]
There are six airfields, three with paved runways and three unpaved surfaces, and one helipad (military in Cape Bojador). [[Hassan I Airport]], serving [[El Aaiún]] (Laâyoune), is an international airport, but the carriers at the airport connect only to regional destinations (to [[Morocco]] or the [[Canary Islands]]). [[Dakhla Airport]] is located
==See also==
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