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Mauritania is the world’s largest country lying entirely below an altitude of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). It borders the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara, Mali and Algeria. It is considered part of both the Sahel and the Maghreb.
Mauritania, [ a ] formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, [ b ] is a sovereign country in Northwest 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 ...
Geography of Mauritania. Geography of Mauritania. Mauritania is: a country; Population of Mauritania: 3,124,000 - 135th most populous country; Area of Mauritania: 1,030,700 km 2; Atlas of Mauritania; Location. Mauritania is situated within the following regions: Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere; Africa. Sahara Desert; North Africa ...
1979 - Mauritania gives up its claims to Western Sahara. 1981 - Mauritania becomes the last country in the world to outlaw slavery. 1989-91 - Mauritania-Senegal Border War. Hundreds are killed and ...
The geology of Mauritania is built on more than two billion year old Archean crystalline basement rock in the Reguibat Shield of the West African Craton, a section of ancient and stable continental crust. Mobile belts and the large Taoudeni Basin formed and filled with sediments in the connection with the Pan-African orogeny mountain building ...
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest 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 ...
13. Trarza. الترارزه. Rosso. 67,800 km 2 (26,200 sq mi) 272,773. During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (mainly corresponding to the lower half of Río de Oro province) was named Tiris al-Gharbiyya. [1] The regions ( wilaya) are subdivided into 44 departments; see departments of ...
Map of Mauritania Boghé (بوكى) Akjoujt (اكجوجت) This is a list of cities in Mauritania by population. All settlements with a population over 10,000 are listed.