Western Africa
Mauritania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Core facts
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Population
- 4,927,532
- Area
- 1,030,700 km^2
- Country code
- MRT
- Flag emoji
- 🇲🇷
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 4.8 per km^2
- Calling code
- +222
Culture and society
- Languages
- Arabic
- Religions
- Christianity (49.0%), Islam (42.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Unaffiliated (2.0%), Other religions (100.0%)
- Native names
- موريتانيا
- Demonyms (EN)
- Mauritanian / Mauritanian
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- right
- Timezones
- UTC
- Alternative spellings
- MR, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, al-Jumhūriyyah al-ʾIslāmiyyah al-Mūrītāniyyah
Geography and map
- Continents
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 20.00, -12.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- DZA, MLI, SEN, ESH
- Border countries count
- 4
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Mauritanian ouguiya (UM)
- Top-level domain
- .mr
- FIFA code
- MTN
- Capital coordinates
- 18.07, -15.97
- Postal code format
- N/A
- Gini index
- 32.6 (2014)
- Coat of arms
