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Mauritania
sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa
Details
- Instance of
- Islamic Republic, sovereign state, country
- Inception
- 28 November 1960
- Country
- Mauritania
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Population
- 858316, 883366, 909310, 936144, 963865, 992474, 1021972, 1052360, 1083646, 1115834, 1148936, 1182958
- Area
- 1030700
- age of majority
- 18
- birth rate
- 33.723, 33.427, 33.194, 32.953
- BTI Governance Index
- 5.39, 3.45, 4.46, 4.06, 4.2, 4
- BTI Status Index
- 4.41, 3.73, 4.36, 4.35, 4.22, 4.3
- category for films shot at this location
- Category:Films shot in Mauritania
- category for maps or plans
- Category:Maps of Mauritania
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Mauritania
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Mauritania
- category of associated people
- Category:Mauritanian people
- central bank
- Central Bank of Mauritania
- coat of arms
- Seal of Mauritania
- contains the administrative territorial entity
- Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Gorgol, Guidimakha, Hodh Ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour
- culture
- culture of Mauritania
- currency
- Mauritanian ouguiya, Mauritanian ouguiya
- death rate
- 7.003, 7.466, 7.44, 7.203
- Democracy Index
- 3.92
- demographics of topic
- demographics of Mauritania
- demonym
- Mauritanian, mauritániai, Mauritaniano, Moritänan, موريتاني, موريتانية, موريتانيون, мавританцы, מאוריטני, מאוריטנית, mauritanieni, mauritanian
- different from
- Mauretania, Bangsamoro
- diplomatic relation
- United States, Israel, France, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Spain, Taiwan, Russia, North Korea, People's Republic of China, Germany
- driving side
- right
- economy of topic
- economy of Mauritania
- electrical plug type
- Europlug
- executive body
- Government of Mauritania
- female population
- 2238719, 2296186, 2354385, 2414911
- geography of topic
- Geography of Mauritania
- Gini coefficient
- 32.6
- Happy Planet Index score
- 34.7
- has characteristic
- not-free country
- hashtag
- Mauritania
- head of government
- Moktar Ould Daddah, Ahmed Ould Bouceif, Ahmad Salim uld Sidi, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Sid Ahmed Ould Bneijara, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar, Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna, Mohamed Lemine Ould Guig, Cheikh El Avia Ould Mohamed Khouna
- head of state
- Moktar Ould Daddah, Mustafa Ould Salek, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla, Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Ba Mamadou Mbaré, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
- highest point
- Kediet ej Jill
- history of topic
- history of Mauritania
- Human Development Index
- 0.397, 0.402, 0.411, 0.423, 0.435, 0.441, 0.449, 0.450, 0.459, 0.465, 0.465, 0.466
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- 0.342, 0.347, 0.354, 0.360, 0.365, 0.370, 0.370, 0.389, 0.389
- language used
- Modern Standard Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic, Pulaar, Soninke, Zenaga, Wolof, French, English, Malay
- legislative body
- National Assembly
- life expectancy
- 59.957, 60.049, 60.143, 60.25, 60.381, 60.539, 60.729, 60.952, 61.199, 61.461, 61.73, 61.997
- located in or next to body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- located in time zone
- UTC±00:00, Africa/Nouakchott
- located in/on physical feature
- Sahel, West Africa, North Africa
- lowest point
- Sebkha de Ndrhamcha
- madhhab
- Malikism
- mains voltage
- 220
- male population
- 2145130, 2202418, 2260590, 2321228
- maritime identification digits
- 654
- marriageable age
- 18
- member of
- United Nations, League of Arab States, World Trade Organization, African Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, African Development Bank, Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
- mobile country code
- 609
- motto text
- شرف إخاء عدل, Honor, Fraternity, Justice, Чест, братство, справедливост, Honra, Fraternidade, Xustiza, Anrhydedd, Brawdoliaeth, Cyfiawnder, Honneur, Fraternité, Justice
- named after
- Moors, Mauretania
- native label
- الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية, République islamique de Mauritanie, Ndenndaandi Lislameeri Muritani, Réewu lislaam bu Muritani, Moritani Silaamin Jamaane
- nominal GDP
- 9996240419, 10375460680
- number of out-of-school children
- 405459, 414815, 419343, 468908, 402327, 409550, 451856, 476055, 482365
- office held by head of government
- Prime Minister of Mauritania
- office held by head of state
- President of Mauritania
- official language
- Arabic
- official name
- الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية
- replaces
- French West Africa
- rural population
- 1994344, 2009661, 2024451, 2040187
- shares border with
- Western Sahara, Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Spain, Francoist Spain
- short name
- RIM
- telephone country code
- +222
- top-level Internet domain
- .mr
- topic's main category
- Category:Mauritania
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Mauritania
- total fertility rate
- 5.463, 5.403, 5.344, 5.286, 5.228, 5.171, 5.114, 5.058, 5.002, 4.947, 4.891, 4.835
- unemployment rate
- 31
- Unicode character
- 🇲🇷
- urban population
- 2389505, 2488943, 2590523, 2695952
- VAT rate
- 14
- vehicle registration plate code
- RIM
- Wikimedia outline
- outline of Mauritania
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- Template:Country data Mauritania
- WikiProject Mauritania
- Control and Contain: Mauritania’s Clerics and the Strategy Against Violent Extremism
- Mauritania: after 1960
- Mauritania: 1940-1960
- Mauritania: 1922-1940
- Mauritania: 1906-1922
- Sahara: post 1975 Sahara
- Mauritania, Islamic Republic of
- The Oxford Handbook of the African Sahel
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