Mauritania
Mauritania is a land of desert and ocean. It is of course no wonder that the main attractions for most tourists are the desert in Adrar and Tagant areas, and the ocean in Banc d'Arguin.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Nouakchott
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Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania and its largest city, with almost 1.2 million residents in 2019.
Banc d'Arguin National Park
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Banc d'Arguin National Park is in Coastal Mauritania, south of Nouadhibou.
Destinations
Coastal Mauritania
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Coastal Mauritania is a region of Mauritania.
Mauritania
- Type: Country with 3,210,000 residents
- Description: sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa
- Languages: Arabic, Pulaar, Soninke, French, Hassaniyya and Wolof
- Neighbors: Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Spain and Western Sahara
- Categories: Islamic Republic, sovereign state and locality
- Location: Sahel, Africa
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Latitude of centre
20.14° or 20° 8' 24" northLongitude of centre
-10.42° or 10° 25' 12" westPopulation
3,210,000Area
1,030,700 km² (397,955 miles²)Elevation
388 metres (1,273 feet)Capital
NouakchottCurrency
Ouguiya (MRU)Phone code
.mrInternet domain
222OpenStreetMap ID
node 424316493OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
2378080Wikidata ID
Q1025Mauritania Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Muriṭanya
- Abkhazian: Исламтәи Ареспублика Мавританиа
- Abkhazian: Мавританиа
- Achinese: Mauritania
- Adyghe: Мауритание
- Afar: Mavritaniya
- Afrikaans: Mauritanië
- Afrikaans: Mouritanië
- Akan: Mauritania
- Akan: Mɔretenia
- Albanian: Mauritani
- Albanian: Mauritania
- Amharic: Mauritania
- Amharic: ሞሪታኒያ
- Amharic: ሞሪቴኒያ
- Amis: Mauritania
- Angika: मॉरीतानिया
- Arabic: Mauritania
- Arabic: Mūrītāniyā
- Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية
- Arabic: موريتانيا
- Aragonese: Mauritania
- Armenian: Մավրիտանիա
- Arpitan: Moritania
- Arpitan: Môritanie
- Assamese: মাউৰিটানিয়া
- Asturian: Mauritania
- Atayal: Mauritania
- Avaric: Muritania
- Azerbaijani: Mavritaniya
- Balinese: Mauritania
- Bambara: Moritani
- Bambara: Mɔritani
- Banjar: Mauritania
- Bashkir: Мавритания
- Basque: Mauritania
- Bavarian: Mauretanien
- Belarusian: Маўрытанія
- Bengali: মরিতানিয়া
- Bengali: মৌরিতানিয়া
- Bhojpuri: मॉरिटानिया
- Bhojpuri: मॉरीटानिया
- Bishnupriya: মৌরিতানিয়া
- Bosnian: Mauritanija
- Breton: Maouritania
- Bulgarian: Мавритания
- Burmese: မော်ရီတေးနီးယား
- Burmese: မော်ရီတေးနီးယားနိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Mauritània
- Catalan: República Islàmica de Mauritània
- Cebuano: Mauritania
- Cebuano: Muritaniya
- Central Bikol: Mauritanya
- Central Kurdish: مۆریتانیا
- Chavacano: Mauritania
- Chechen: Мавритани
- Chinese: Mauritania
- Chinese: Máolǐtǎníyà
- Chinese: 毛里塔尼亚 / 茅利塔尼亞
- Chinese: 毛里塔尼亚
- Chinese: 毛里塔尼亞
- Chinese: 茅利塔尼亞
- Chuvash: Мавритани
- Cornish: Moritani
- Corsican: Muritania
- Crimean Tatar: Muritaniya
- Croatian: Mauretanija
- Croatian: Mauritanija
- Czech: Mauretánie
- Czech: Mauritánie
- Dagbani: Mauritania
- Danish: Mauretanien
- Dhivehi: މޮރިޓާނިއާ
- Dimli (individual language): Moritanya
- Dotyali: मोरिटानिया
- Dutch: MR
- Dutch: MRT
- Dutch: Mauretanie
- Dutch: Mauritanië
- Dzongkha: མོ་རི་ཊེ་ནི་ཡ
- Eastern Mari: Мавританий
- Egyptian Arabic: موريتانيا
- English: Agawej
- English: Gannaar
- English: Gànnaar
- English: Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- English: MTN
- English: Mauretania
- English: Moritani
- English: Muritanya
- English: Murutaane
- English: mr
- Esperanto: Islama Respubliko Maŭritanio
- Esperanto: Maŭritanio
- Esperanto: Maŭritanujo
- Estonian: Mauritaania
- Estonian: Mauritaania Islamivabariik
- Ewe: Mauritania
- Ewe: Mauritania nutome
- Ewe: Moritania
- Extremaduran: Mauritania
- Extremaduran: Mauritánia
- Farefare: Mauritania
- Faroese: Móritania
- Fiji Hindi: Mauritania
- Finnish: Mauritania
- Finnish: Mauritanian islamilainen tasavalta
- French: MR
- French: Mauritanie
- French: République islamique de Mauritanie
- French: la République islamique de Mauritanie
- Fulah: Moritani
- Fulah: Muritani
- Gagauz: Mavritaniya
- Galician: Mauritania
- Ganda: Mauritania
- Ganda: Mawulitenya
- Georgian: მავრიტანია
- German: Islamische Republik Mauretanien
- German: Mauretanien
- German: Mauritania
- German: République islamique de Mauritanie
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Mauritania
- Gorontalo: Mauritania
- Greek: Μαυριτανία
- Guarani: Mauritáña
- Guianese Creole French: Moritani
- Gujarati: મૌરિટાનિયા
- Haitian: Moritani
- Hakka Chinese: Mauritania
- Hausa: Mauritania
- Hausa: Moritaniya
- Hausa: Muritaniya
- Hawaiian: Mauritania
- Hebrew: מאוריטניה
- Hindi: मारीतानिया
- Hindi: मॉरिटानिया
- Hindi: मॉरीटैनिया
- Hindi: मॉरीतानिया
- Hindi: मोरीतानिया
- Hungarian: Mauritánia
- Hungarian: Mauritániai Iszlám Köztársaság
- Icelandic: Máritanía
- Ido: Mauritania
- Igbo: Mauritania
- Iloko: Mauritania
- Inari Sami: Mauritania
- Inari Sami: Mauritania islamlâš täsiväldi
- Indonesian: Mauritania
- Interlingua: Mauritania
- Interlingue: Mauritania
- Irish: An Mháratáin
- Irish: an Mháratáin
- Italian: Mauritania
- Italian: Repubblica Islamica di Mauritania
- Jamaican Creole English: Moritania
- Japanese: モーリタニア
- Japanese: モーリタニア・イスラム共和国
- Javanese: Mauritania
- Kabiyè: Moritaanii
- Kabyle: Muriṭanya
- Kalaallisut: Mauritania
- Kalmyk: Сарта Маритдин Орн
- Kannada: ಮಾರಿಟಾನಿಯ
- Kannada: ಮಾರಿಟಾನಿಯಾ
- Kannada: ಮಾರಿಟೇನಿಯಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Mavritaniya
- Kashmiri: مارٕٹانِیا
- Kazakh: Мавритания
- Khmer: មូរីតានី
- Khmer: ម៉ូរីតានី
- Kikuyu: Mauritania
- Kikuyu: Moritania
- Kinyarwanda: Moritaniya
- Kirghiz: Мавритания
- Kongo: Muritania
- Korean: 모리따니
- Korean: 모리따니이슬람공화국
- Korean: 모리타니
- Kotava: Muritania
- Kurdish: Morîtanya
- Kurdish: مۆریتانیا
- Ladin: Mauritania
- Ladino: Mauritania
- Lao: Mauritania
- Lao: ມົວຣິເທເນຍ
- Latin: Mauretania
- Latin: Mauritania
- Latvian: Mauritānija
- Lezghian: Мавритания
- Ligurian: Mauritania
- Limburgan: Mauritanië
- Lingala: Moritani
- Lingua Franca Nova: Muritania
- Literary Chinese: 毛里塔尼亞
- Lithuanian: Mauritanija
- Livvi: Mavritanii
- Lombard: Mauritània
- Low German: Islamitiske Republik Mauritanie
- Low German: Mauretanien
- Low German: Mauritanie
- Low German: Mauritanië
- Lower Sorbian: Mauretańska
- Luba-Katanga: Moritani
- Luxembourgish: Mauretanien
- Macedo-Romanian: Mauritania
- Macedonian: Мавританија
- Madurese: Mauritania
- Malagasy: Maoritania
- Malay: Mauritania
- Malayalam: മൗറിത്താനിയ
- Malayalam: മൗറിറ്റാനിയ
- Maltese: Mauritania
- Maltese: Mawritanja
- Maltese: Repubblika Iżlamika tal-Mauritania
- Maltese: il-Mauritania
- Manipuri: ꯃꯥꯎꯔꯤꯇꯥꯅꯤꯌꯥ
- Manx: Yn Varitaan
- Maori: Mauritānia
- Marathi: मॉरिटानिया
- Mazanderani: موریتانی
- Min Dong Chinese: Mauritania
- Min Nan Chinese: Mauritania
- Minangkabau: Mauritania
- Mingrelian: მავრიტანია
- Mirandese: Mauritánia
- Moksha: Мавритания
- Mongolian: Мавритан
- Mongolian: Мавритани
- Mongolian: ꯃꯥꯎꯔꯤꯇꯥꯅꯤꯌꯥ
- Moroccan Arabic: موريطانيا
- N'Ko: ߡߏߙߌߕߊߣߌ߲߫
- Nauru: Mauritania
- Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii Bikéyah
- Nepali: माउरिटानिया
- Nepali: माउरी तानिया
- Nepali: मौरिटानिया
- Newari: ईस्लामी गणतन्त्र माउरीतानीया
- Newari: माउरी तानिया
- North Ndebele: Mauritania
- Northern Frisian: Mauretaanien
- Northern Luri: موریتانی
- Northern Sami: Mauretánia
- Northern Sami: Mauritania
- Northern Sami: Mauritania islamlaš dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Mauritánia
- Northern Sami: Mauritánia islamlaš dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Mauritania
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den islamske republikken Mauritania
- Norwegian Bokmål: Mauritania
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Mauritania
- Novial: Moritania
- Occitan (post 1500): Mauritània
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܡܘܪܝܛܢܝܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Mauritania
- Oriya: ମୋରିତାନିଆ
- Oriya: ମୌରିଟାନିଆ
- Oromo: Mooritaaniyaa
- Ossetian: Мавритани
- Pali: मारिटेनिया
- Pampanga: Mauritania
- Panjabi: ਮੋਰਿਟਾਨੀਆ
- Panjabi: ਮੌਰੀਤਾਨੀਆ
- Papiamento: Mauretania
- Papiamento: Mauritania
- Pedi: Mauritania
- Persian: جمهوری اسلامی موریتانی
- Persian: ماوریتانیا
- Persian: موریتانی
- Piemontese: Mauritania
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Mauretania
- Polish: Mauretania
- Portuguese: Mauritânia
- Pushto: موریتاني
- Pushto: موریتانیا
- Quechua: Mauritania
- Quechua: Mawritaniya
- Quechua: Muritaniya
- Quechua: Muritanya
- Romanian: Mauritania
- Romansh: Mauretania
- Rundi: Moritaniya
- Russia Buriat: Мавритан
- Russia Buriat: Мавритани
- Russian: Исламская Республика Мавритания
- Russian: Мавритания
- Sakizaya: Mauritania
- Samoan: Mauritania
- Samogitian: Maurėtanėjė
- Sango: Moritanïi
- Sanskrit: मारिटेनिया
- Santali: ᱢᱚᱣᱨᱤᱛᱟᱱᱤᱭᱟ
- Sardinian: Mauritània
- Saterfriesisch: Mauretanien
- Scots: Mauritanie
- Scottish Gaelic: Moratainia
- Scottish Gaelic: Moratàinea
- Serbian: Mauritanija
- Serbian: Мауританија
- Serbo-Croatian: Mauritanija
- Serbo-Croatian: Muritanya
- Shan: မိူင်းမေႃႇရီႇတေးၼီးယႃး
- Shona: Mauritania
- Shona: Moritani
- Sicilian: Mauritania
- Silesian: Maurytańijo
- Sindhi: ماريطانيہ
- Sindhi: موريتانيا
- Sindhi: موريطانيا
- Sinhala: මොරිටේනියාව
- Skolt Sami: Mauritania
- Skolt Sami: Mauritania islaamlaž tääʹssväʹldd
- Slovak: Mauritánia
- Slovak: Mauritánska islamská republika
- Slovenian: Mavretanija
- Somali: Mauritania
- Somali: Muritaaniya
- Somali: Muuriitaaniya
- South Azerbaijani: موريتانی
- South Azerbaijani: موریتانی
- Southern Sotho: Mauritania
- Spanish: Mauritania
- Spanish: Republica Islamica de Mauritania
- Spanish: República Islámica de Mauritania
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵜⴰⵏⵢⴰ
- Sundanese: Mauritania
- Swahili: Mauritania
- Swahili: Moritania
- Swati: IMolithaniya
- Swedish: Islamiska republiken Mauretanien
- Swedish: Mauretanien
- Swiss German: Mauretanien
- Tachelhit: Muritanya
- Tagalog: Maritanya
- Tagalog: Mauritania
- Tagalog: Mauritanya
- Tajik: Мавритания
- Talysh: Mavritaniyə
- Tamil: மூரித்தானியா
- Tamil: மௌரிடானியா
- Taroko: Mauritania
- Tatar: Мавритания
- Telugu: మారిటానియా
- Telugu: మౌరిటానియ
- Telugu: మౌరిటేనియా
- Thai: ประเทศมอริเตเนีย
- Thai: มอริเตเนีย
- Tibetan: མའུ་རི་ཏ་ནི་ཡ།
- Tibetan: མཽ་རི་ཏ་ནི་ཡ།
- Tigrinya: ሞሪታኒያ
- Tigrinya: ሞሪቴኒያ
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Maulitenia
- Tosk Albanian: Mauretanien
- Tsonga: Maritana
- Tumbuka: Mauritania
- Tunisian Arabic: موريتانيا
- Turkish: Moritanya
- Turkmen: Mawritaniýa
- Twi: Mauritania
- Udmurt: Мавритания
- Uighur: ماۋرىتانىيە
- Ukrainian: Ісламська Республіка Мавританія
- Ukrainian: Мавританія
- Upper Sorbian: Mawretanska
- Urdu: موریتانیہ
- Urdu: موریطانیہ
- Uzbek: Mavritaniya
- Venetian: Mauritania
- Venetian: Mauritània
- Veps: Mavritanii
- Vietnamese: Mauritania
- Vietnamese: Mauritanie
- Vietnamese: Mô-ri-ta-ni-a (Mauritania)
- Vietnamese: Mô-ri-ta-ni
- Vlax Romani: Mauritaniya
- Volapük: Moritän
- Võro: Mauritaania
- Walloon: Moritanreye
- Waray (Philippines): Mauritania
- Welsh: Mauritania
- Welsh: Mawritania
- Western Balochi: موریتانیا
- Western Frisian: Mauretaanje
- Western Frisian: Mauritaanje
- Western Frisian: Mauritanië
- Western Mari: Мавритани
- Western Panjabi: ماریطانیہ
- Western Panjabi: موریطانیا
- Wolof: Gànnaar
- Wolof: Mooritani
- Wu Chinese: 毛里塔尼亚
- Xhosa: Mauritania
- Yakut: Мауритания
- Yiddish: מאַריטאַניע
- Yiddish: מאריטאניע
- Yoruba: Maritania
- Yoruba: Mauritáníà
- Yue Chinese: Gànnaar
- Yue Chinese: Mauritania
- Yue Chinese: Mauritanie
- Yue Chinese: Moritani
- Yue Chinese: Murutaane
- Yue Chinese: Mūrītāniyā
- Yue Chinese: موريتانيا
- Yue Chinese: 毛里塔尼亞
- Zeeuws: Mauritanië
- Zhuang: Mauritania
- Zulu: IMoritaniya
- Zulu: i-Mauritania
- Al Jumhūrīyah al Islāmīyah al Mūrītānīyah
- La Mauritanie
- Mauritanian Islamic Republic
- Mauritanėjė
- République Islamique Mauritanienne
- République Islamique de Mauritanie
- ma Mulitanija
- 毛利塔尼亚
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