Mauritania
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| Location of Mauritania (dark blue) in Africa Location of Mauritania (dark blue) in Africa | |
| Location of Mauritania | |
| Capital and largest city | Nouakchott Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Official languages | Arabic |
| Recognised national languages | Template:Hlist |
| Other languages | French[1] |
| Ethnic groups | Template:Ublist |
| Religion | Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Mauritanian |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential Islamic republic |
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| Legislature | Parliament |
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| Independence | |
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| Area | |
• Total | 1,030,000 km2 (400,000 sq mi)[2] (28th) |
• Water (%) | 0.03 |
| Population | |
• Template:UN Population estimate | Template:UN PopulationTemplate:UN Population |
• 2013 census | 3,537,368[2] |
• Density | 3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $18.117 billion[3] (134th) |
• Per capita | $4,563[3] (140th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $5.200 billion[3] (154th) |
• Per capita | $1,309[3] (149th) |
| Gini (2008) | 40.5[4] medium |
| HDI (2017) | Increase 0.520[5] low · 159th |
| Currency | Ouguiya (MRU) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +222 |
| ISO 3166 code | [[ISO 3166-2:Template:ISO 3166 code|Template:ISO 3166 code]] |
| Internet TLD | .mr |
Mauritania is a country in northwest Africa. The capital city, which is also the biggest city in the country, is Nouakchott. It is on the Atlantic coast. Its president is General Mohamed Oueld Abdel-Aziz.
At 1,030,700 km² (397,929 mi²),[7] Mauritania is the world's 29th-largest country (after Bolivia). It is similar in size to Egypt. The land is flat in most places.
References
- ↑ "États généraux de l'Éducation nationale en Mauritanie". Le Quotidien de Nouakchott. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "1: Répartition spatiale de la population" (PDF). Recensement Général de la Population et de l’Habitat (RGPH) 2013 (Report) (in French). National Statistical Office of Mauritania. July 2015. p. v. Retrieved 20 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Mauritania". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ↑ "2018 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-45793286
- ↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.
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