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Encyclopedia > Regions of Mauritania

Mauritania is divided into 12 regions (capitals in parentheses):

The national capital, Nouakchott, comprises a capital district.


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Mauritania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2455 words)
Mauritania (Arabic: موريتانية MÅ«rÄ«tÄniyyah), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa.
From the 5th to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke.
Mauritania is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometers (397,850 sq mi) forming vast, arid plains broken by occasional ridges and clifflike outcroppings.
Top20Mauritania.com - Your Top20 Guide to Mauritania! (1822 words)
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa.
Its coast faces the Atlantic Ocean on the west, with Senegal on the south-west, Mali on the east and south-east, Algeria on the north-east, with the Moroccan-annexed territory of Western Sahara on the north-west.
From the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke.
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