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Mauritania

Mauritania
General information
Common nameMauritania
Local name 
 
République Islamique de Mauritanie
Republik bu Lislaamu bu Gànnaar
(browse)
Name 
 
République Islamique de Mauritanie
Republik bu Lislaamu bu Gànnaar
(browse)
Motto   (Arabic)
(English: Honor, Fraternity, Justice)
AnthemNational Anthem of Mauritania
CapitalNouakchott
Largest citycapital
Official languagesArabic1
DemonymMauritanian
Government
GovernmentIslamic republic2
PresidentMohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
Prime MinisterMoulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf
IndependenceIndependence
from France28 November 1960
Geography
Total Area397954 sq mi (1030700.9 km2) (29th)
Water %0.03
Demography
Population Est.3069000 (135th)
Population census1864236 (1988)
Density (pop.)3.2/km2 (221st) (8.2/sq mi)
Economy
GDP PPP$6.655 billion (2010)
GDP (PPP) per capita$2,093
GDP (nominal)$3.799 billion (2010)
GDP (nominal) per capita$1,195
Other information
Gini39 (2000) (medium)
HDI(+) 0.520 (2007) (medium) (154th)
CurrencyOuguiya (MRO)
- Summer (DST)not observed (UTC+0)
Drives on theright
Internet TLD.mr
Calling code222

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Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest. It is named after the ancient Berber Kingdom of Mauretania, which later became a province of the Roman Empire, even though the modern state covers a territory far to the southwest of the old kingdom. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.

The government of Mauritania was overthrown on 6 August 2008, in a military coup d'état led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. On 16 April 2009, General Aziz resigned from the military to run for president in the 19 July elections, which he won. In Mauritania about 20% of the population live on less than US$1.25 per day.


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