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.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Nouakchott and Nouadhibou.
Banc d’Arguin National Park
Banc d'Arguin National Park is in Coastal Mauritania, south of Nouadhibou.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Coastal Mauritania and Saharan Mauritania.
Coastal Mauritania
Coastal Mauritania is a region of Mauritania.
Saharan Mauritania
Saharan Mauritania is a region of Mauritania.
Mauritania
- Country with about 4,740,000 residents
- …has Nouakchott as its capital
- …uses the Ouguiya (MRU)
- …has the phone code 222
- …uses the internet domain .mr
- …covers 1,030,700 km² (397,955 miles²)
- Description: sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa
- Also known as“Agawej”“Al Jumhūrīyah al Islāmīyah al Mūrītānīyah”“Gànnaar”“Islamic Republic of Mauritania”“La Mauritanie”“Mauretania”“Mauritanian Islamic Republic”“Moritani”“mr”“Muritanya”“Murutaane”“République Islamique de Mauritanie”“République Islamique Mauritanienne”“毛利塔尼亚”
- LanguagesArabicPulaarSoninkeFrenchHassaniyyaWolof
- Neighbors
- Categories
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Latitude of center
20.14° or 20° 8′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
-10.42° or 10° 25′ 12″ west
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Mauritania” goes by many names.
Исламтәи Ареспублика МавританиаAbkhazian
МавританиаAbkhazian
MauritaniaAchinese
МауританиеAdyghe
MauritaniëAfrikaans
MouritaniëAfrikaans
MɔreteniaAkan
MauritaniAlbanian
MauritaniaAlbanian
ሞሪታኒያAmharic
ሞሪቴኒያAmharic
MauritaniaAmis
मॉरीतानियाAngika
الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانيةArabic
موريتانياArabic
MauritaniaAragonese
ՄավրիտանիաArmenian
MoritaniaArpitan
MôritanieArpitan
মাউৰিটানিয়াAssamese
MauritaniaAsturian
MauritaniaAtayal
MauritaniaAymara
MavritaniyaAzerbaijani
MauritaniaBalinese
MoritaniBambara
MɔritaniBambara
MauritaniaBanjar
МавританияBashkir
MauritaniaBasque
MauretanienBavarian
МаўрытаніяBelarusian
মৌরিতানিয়াBengali
MoritaniBetawi
मॉरिटानियाBhojpuri
মৌরিতানিয়াBishnupriya
MauritaniaBislama
MauritanijaBosnian
MaouritaniaBreton
МавританияBulgarian
မော်ရီတေးနီးယားBurmese
မော်ရီတေးနီးယားနိုင်ငံBurmese
MauritàniaCatalan
República Islàmica de MauritàniaCatalan
MawritanyaCebuano
MuritaniyaCebuano
MauritanyaCentral Bikol
MauritaniaCentral Kanuri
مۆریتانیاCentral Kurdish
MauritaniaChavacano
МавританиChechen
MáolǐtǎníyàChinese
毛里塔尼亚Chinese
毛里塔尼亚 / 茅利塔尼亞Chinese
毛里塔尼亞Chinese
茅利塔尼亞Chinese
МавританиChuvash
MoritaniCornish
MuritaniaCorsican
MuritaniyaCrimean Tatar
MauretanijaCroatian
MauritanijaCroatian
MauretánieCzech
MauritánieCzech
MauritaniaDagbani
MauretanienDanish
މޮރިޓާނިއާDhivehi
MoritanyaDimli (individual language)
मोरिटानियाDotyali
Islamitische Republiek MauritaniëDutch
MauretanieDutch
MauritaniëDutch
མོ་རེ་ཊེ་ནི་ཡ།Dzongkha
མོ་རེ་ཊེ་ནི་ཡ། MauritaniaDzongkha
МавританийEastern Mari
موريتانياEgyptian Arabic
Islama Respubliko MaŭritanioEsperanto
MaŭritanioEsperanto
MaŭritanujoEsperanto
MauritaaniaEstonian
Mauritaania IslamivabariikEstonian
MauritaniaEwe
Mauritania nutomeEwe
MoritaniaEwe
MauritániaExtremaduran
MauritaniaFarefare
MóritaniaFaroese
MauritaniaFiji Hindi
MauritaniaFinnish
Mauritanian islamilainen tasavaltaFinnish
MauritanietòFon
MoritaniFulah
MuritaniFulah
MavritaniyaGagauz
MauritaniaGalician
MauritaniaGanda
MawulitenyaGanda
მავრიტანიაGeorgian
Islamic Republic of MauritaniaGhanaian Pidgin English
MauretaniaGhanaian Pidgin English
MauritaniaGhanaian Pidgin English
MoritaniGhanaian Pidgin English
MuritanyaGhanaian Pidgin English
MurutaaneGhanaian Pidgin English
مۊريتانيGilaki
MauritaniaGorontalo
ΜαυριτανίαGreek
MauritáñaGuarani
MoritaniGuianese Creole French
મૌરિટાનિયાGujarati
MoritaniHaitian
MauritaniaHakka Chinese
MoritaniyaHausa
MuritaniyaHausa
MauritaniaHawaiian
מאוריטניהHebrew
मॉरिटानियाHindi
मोरीतानियाHindi
MauritániaHungarian
Mauritániai Iszlám KöztársaságHungarian
MáritaníaIcelandic
MauritaniaIdo
MauritaniaIgbo
MauritaniaIloko
MauritaniaInari Sami
Mauritania islamlâš täsiväldiInari Sami
MauritaniaIndonesian
MauritaniaInterlingua
MauritaniaInterlingue
An MháratáinIrish
MauritaniaItalian
Repubblica Islamica di MauritaniaItalian
MoritaniaJamaican Creole English
モーリタニアJapanese
モーリタニア・イスラム共和国Japanese
MauritaniaJavanese
MoritaaniiKabiyè
MauritániaKabuverdianu
MuriṭanyaKabyle
MauritaniaKalaallisut
Сарта Маритдин ОрнKalmyk
ಮಾರಿಟೇನಿಯಾKannada
MavritaniyaKara-Kalpak
МавританияKarachay-Balkar
MurataniyaKarekare
مارٕٹانِیاKashmiri
موریتانیاKashmiri
МавританияKazakh
ម៉ូរីតានីKhmer
MauritaniaKikuyu
MoritaniaKikuyu
MoritaniyaKinyarwanda
МавританияKirghiz
MauritaniaKomering
MoritaniaKongo
MuritaniaKongo
모리따니Korean
모리따니이슬람공화국Korean
모리타니Korean
MuritaniaKotava
MorîtanyaKurdish
مۆریتانیاKurdish
MauritaniaLadin
MauritaniaLadino
ມົວຣິເທເນຍLao
MauretaniaLatin
MauritaniaLatin
MauritānijaLatvian
МавританияLezghian
MauritaniaLigurian
MauritaniëLimburgan
MoritaniLingala
MuritaniaLingua Franca Nova
毛里塔尼亞Literary Chinese
MauritanijaLithuanian
MavritaniiLivvi
MauritàniaLombard
Islamitiske Republik MauritanieLow German
MauretanienLow German
MauritaniëLow German
MauretańskaLower Sorbian
MoritaniLuba-Katanga
MauritádnaLule Sami
MauritánnaLule Sami
MauretanienLuxembourgish
MauritaniaMacedo-Romanian
МавританијаMacedonian
MauritaniaMadurese
मौरीतानियाMagahi
MaoritaniaMalagasy
MauritaniaMalay
മൗറിത്താനിയMalayalam
മൗറിറ്റാനിയMalayalam
il-MauritaniaMaltese
MauritaniaMaltese
MawritanjaMaltese
Repubblika Iżlamika tal-MauritaniaMaltese
ꯃꯥꯎꯔꯤꯇꯥꯅꯤꯌꯥManipuri
MaritaanManx
Pobblaght Islamagh y VaritaanManx
y VaritaanManx
Yn VaritaanManx
MauritāniaMaori
मॉरिटानियाMarathi
موریتانیMazanderani
موريتانياMesopotamian Arabic
MauritaniaMin Dong Chinese
MauritaniaMin Nan Chinese
MauritaniaMinangkabau
მავრიტანიაMingrelian
MauritániaMirandese
МавританияMoksha
МавританMongolian
МавританиMongolian
موريطانياMoroccan Arabic
ߡߏߙߌߕߊߣߌ߲߫N'Ko
MauritaniaNauru
Shádiʼááhjí Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii BikéyahNavajo
माउरिटानियाNepali
मौरिटानियाNepali
ईस्लामी गणतन्त्र माउरीतानीयाNewari
माउरी तानियाNewari
MauritaniaNorth Ndebele
MauretaanienNorthern Frisian
موریتانیNorthern Luri
MauretániaNorthern Sami
MauritániaNorthern Sami
Mauritánia islamlaš dásseváldiNorthern Sami
MauritaniaNorwegian
Den islamske republikken MauritaniaNorwegian Bokmål
MauritaniaNorwegian Bokmål
MauritaniaNorwegian Nynorsk
MoritaniaNovial
MauritaniaNupe-Nupe-Tako
MọritaniaObolo
MauritàniaOccitan (post 1500)
ܡܘܪܝܛܢܝܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
MauritaniaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ମୋରିତାନିଆOriya
ମୌରିଟାନିଆOriya
MooritaaniyaaOromo
МавританиOssetian
मारिटेनियाPali
MauritaniaPampanga
ਮੋਰਿਟਾਨੀਆPanjabi
ਮੌਰੀਤਾਨੀਆPanjabi
MauretaniaPapiamento
MauritaniaPapiamento
MauritaniaPedi
جمهوری اسلامی موریتانیPersian
ماوریتانیاPersian
موریتانیPersian
MauritaniaPiemontese
MauretaniaPitcairn-Norfolk
MauretaniaPolish
موريتانياPushto
موریتانیاPushto
MauritaniaQuechua
MawritaniyaQuechua
MuritaniyaQuechua
MuritanyaQuechua
MauritaniaRomanian
MauretaniaRomansh
MoritaniyaRundi
МавританRussia Buriat
МавританиRussia Buriat
Исламская Республика МавританияRussian
МавританияRussian
MauritaniaSakizaya
MauritaniaSamoan
MaurėtanėjėSamogitian
MauritanėjėSamogitian
MoritanïiSango
मारिटेनियाSanskrit
ᱢᱚᱣᱨᱤᱛᱟᱱᱤᱭᱟSantali
MauritàniaSardinian
MauretanienSaterfriesisch
MauritanieScots
MoratàineaScottish Gaelic
MoratainiaScottish Gaelic
MauritanijaSerbian
Исламска Република МауританијаSerbian
МауританијаSerbian
MauritanijaSerbo-Croatian
မိူင်းမေႃႇရီႇတေးၼီးယႃးShan
MauritaniaShona
MoritaniShona
MauritaniaSicilian
MaurytańijoSilesian
ماريطانيہSindhi
موريتانياSindhi
موريطانياSindhi
මොරිටේනියාවSinhala
MauritaniaSkolt Sami
Mauritania islaamlaž tääʹssväʹlddSkolt Sami
MauritániaSlovak
Mauritánska islamská republikaSlovak
MavretanijaSlovenian
MauritaniaSomali
MuritaaniyaSomali
MuuriitaaniyaSomali
موريتانیSouth Azerbaijani
موریتانیSouth Azerbaijani
MauritaniaSouthern Sotho
ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵜⴰⵏⵢⴰStandard Moroccan Tamazight
MauritaniaSundanese
MauritaniaSwahili
MoritaniaSwahili
IMolithaniyaSwati
Islamiska republiken MauretanienSwedish
MauretanienSwedish
MauretanienSwiss German
MuritanyaTachelhit
MaritanyaTagalog
MauritaniaTagalog
MauritanyaTagalog
МавританияTajik
MavritanijəTalysh
MavritaniyəTalysh
மூரித்தானியாTamil
மௌரிடானியாTamil
MauritaniaTaroko
МавританияTatar
మౌరిటేనియాTelugu
ประเทศมอริเตเนียThai
มอริเตเนียThai
མའུ་རི་ཏ་ནི་ཡ།Tibetan
མཽ་རི་ཏ་ནི་ཡ།Tibetan
ሞሪታኒያTigrinya
ሞሪቴኒያTigrinya
MauliteniaTonga (Tonga Islands)
MaritanaTsonga
MauritaniaTswana
MauritaniaTumbuka
موريتانياTunisian Arabic
MoritanyaTurkish
MawritaniýaTurkmen
MauritaniaTwi
МавританияUdmurt
ماۋرىتانىيەUighur
Ісламська Республіка МавританіяUkrainian
МавританіяUkrainian
MawretanskaUpper Sorbian
موریتانیہUrdu
موریطانیہUrdu
MavritaniyaUzbek
MauritàniaVenetian
MavritaniiVeps
MauritaniaVietnamese
MauritanieVietnamese
Mô-ri-ta-niVietnamese
Mô-ri-ta-ni-a (Mauritania)Vietnamese
MauritaniyaVlax Romani
MoritänVolapük
MauritaaniaVõro
MoritanreyeWalloon
MauritaniaWaray (Philippines)
MauritaniaWelsh
MawritaniaWelsh
موریتانیاWestern Balochi
MauretaanjeWestern Frisian
MauritaanjeWestern Frisian
MauritaniëWestern Frisian
МавританиWestern Mari
موریطانیاWestern Panjabi
GànnaarWolof
MooritaniWolof
毛里塔尼亚Wu Chinese
MauritaniaXhosa
МауританияYakut
מאַריטאַניעYiddish
MaritaniaYoruba
MauritáníàYoruba
GànnaarYue Chinese
MauritaniaYue Chinese
MauritanieYue Chinese
MoritaniYue Chinese
MūrītāniyāYue Chinese
MurutaaneYue Chinese
موريتانياYue Chinese
毛里塔尼亞Yue Chinese
MauritaniëZeeuws
MauritaniaZhuang
i-MauritaniaZulu
IMoritaniyaZulu
ma Mulitanija
ma Mulitanja
MR
MRT
MTN
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