Mauritania:

Mauritania (Arabic: موريتانيا transliteration: Mūrītāniyā), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a

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country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Moroccan-annexed territory of Western Sahara on the northwest. It is named after the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.

Capital:(and largest city) Nouakchott

Location of Mauritania

Official languages: Standard Arabic(de jure), French(de facto)

Government: Parliamentary Democracy
 -  President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
 -  Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane

Independence: from France - Date November 28, 1960 

Area:
 -  Total 1,030,700 km² (29th) 397,954 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) 0.03

Population:
 -  2005 estimate 3,069,000 (135th)
 -  1988 census 1,864,236
 -  Density 3.0 /km² (221st) 7.8 /sq mi

GDP (PPP): 2005 estimate
 -  Total $7.159 billion (144th)
 -  Per capita $2,402 (132nd)

Gini: (2000) 39 (medium) 

HDI: (2004)  0.486 (low) (153rd)

Currency: Ouguiya (MRO)

Time zone: GMT (UTC+0)
 -  Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+0)

Internet TLD: .mr

Calling code: +222

(for more information visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania )

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