Custom Search
Mauritania
Mauritania is a West African country next to the Atlantic Ocean. The Western Sahara borders it on the north side, and the countries of Mali, Algeria and Senegal also surround it. Here are some interesting facts you may not know about Mauritania:
5 Facts You Might Not Know
1
Mauritania is a very arid country, being made up of about three quarters desert and semi-desert regions. Much of western Mauritania is covered by sand dunes, which are sometimes moved around by the winds.
2
The Mauritanian city of Chinguetti, originally founded in the 8th century by the Berbers, was once a major center of trade in the Sahara desert. After a gradual decline, Chinguetti was re-founded in the 13th century as a trading center connecting sub-Saharan Africa and the Mediterranean. Chinguetti also became a staging ground for pilgrims on the way to Mecca and a center of Islamic scholarship. Today, Chinguetti still holds largely abandoned libraries of medieval manuscripts and a legacy of stark architecture that was begun under the Berbers.
3
Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, is by far the largest city in the country and one the biggest cities in all of the Sahara. Nouakchott, then a small port town, was chosen in 1957 to be the capital of Mauritania upon its independence in 1960, and measures were implemented in 1958 to bring the city population up to 15,000. As of 1999, Nouakchott boasts a population of over 880,000.
4
Mauritania was the last country in the world to legally abolish slavery, outlawing it in 1981. Slavery remains a huge problem and major source of ethnic tensions, with up to 20% of the population still being enslaved in practice.
5
Mauritania is a country rich in deposits of iron ore, the sales of which account for nearly half of all exports. Gold and copper mines are currently being opened in the interior.

The capital of Mauritania is Nouakchott. The currency of Mauritania is the Ouguiya(MRO) Flag of Mauritania


Mauritania is an African country


More countries starting with M

Airports in Mauritania

Aioun El Atrouss, Boutilimit, Tidjikja, Kiffa, Nema, Akjoujt, Kaedi, Nouakchott, Atar, Nouadhibou, and Bir Moghrein


Leaders of Mauritania
The Country dialling code of Mauritania is +222, and the TLD (Top-level domain) of Mauritania is .mr

Map of Mauritania

Population

3,270,065

Languages spoken in Mauritania

Arabic, Fula, Soninke, Wolof

Animals native to Mauritania / which animals live in Mauritania?

Click here for all Animals in Mauritania

Airlines in Mauritania

Click here for all Airlines in Mauritania

Coordinates (in Latitude & Longitude) of Mauritania

20 00 N, 12 00 W

Kilometers of coastline

754 kilometers

Square kilometers of land

1,030,400 square kilometers

Square kilometers of water

300 square kilometers

Birth rate

40.56 / 1000 population

Death rate

11.89 / 1000 population

Irrigated land

490 sq km
Information about Mauritania is brought to you by "List of countries of the world", your first stop in discovering all countries of the world.

Besides demographic information, geological information about Mauritania, also the flag of Mauritania and a map is displayed. View also countries of the world ordered by:
Privacy policy
>