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Mauritania

Africa

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

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📍 Essential Info

CapitalNouakchott

TimezoneUTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Population5.2M

Governmentpresidential republic

🔌 Practical Info

Driving SideRight

Electrical PlugsVaries

Internet Code.mr

Internet Users37%

GDP per Capita$6,400

🌍 Geography

LocationWestern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara

Size Comparisonslightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico; about six times the size of Florida

Climatedesert; constantly hot, dry, dusty

Terrainmostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills

👥 People & Culture

Ethnic GroupsBlack Moors (Haratines - Arabic-speaking descendants of African origin who are or were enslaved by White Moors) 40%, White Moors (of Arab-Amazigh desc...

ReligionsMuslim (official) 100%

Median Age18.6 years

Life Expectancy65.9 years

National HolidayIndependence Day, 28 November (1960)

Cultural Information

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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook