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Encyclopedia > Atar, Mauritania

Atar is a town in north western Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar region and the main settlement on the airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674.




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Mauritania (1962 words)
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa.
Due to economic weakness, Mauritania has been a negligible player in the territorial dispute, with its official position being that it wishes for an expedient solution that is mutually agreeable to all parties.
Mauritania is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometers forming vast, arid plains broken by occasional ridges and clifflike outcroppings.
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