OverviewMauritania · Travel guide
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in the Maghreb region of West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest. By land area Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and the 28th-largest in the world; 90% of its territory is in the Sahara desert. Most of its population of 5.4 million live in the temperate south of the country; roughly a third of the population is concentrated in the capital and largest city, Nouakchott, on the Atlantic coast. The country's name derives from Mauretania, the Latin name for a region, to the north, in the ancient Mediterranean Maghreb. Mauretania extended from central present-day northern Algeria to the Atlantic, in Morocco. Berbers occupied what is now Mauritania by the beginning of…
Facts & statisticsMauritania
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Language
- Arabic
- Currency
- Mauritanian ouguiya
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +222
- Internet domain
- .mr
- Driving side
- right
- Plug type
- Europlug
- Voltage
- 220
Source: Wikidata.
EventsMauritania
New Year's DayNew Year's Day2026-01-01
Labour DayLabour Day2026-05-01
Africa DayAfrica Day2026-05-25
Independence DayIndependence Day2026-11-28
Source: Nager.Date.
CapitalNouakchott
Population4,403,319
CurrencyMRU
Languagesar-MR,fuc,snk,fr,mey,wo
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