Mauritania, a country in the Western Region of the continent of Africa, is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometres forming vast, arid plains broken...
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Mauritania is divided into 15 regions (wilayat): During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (mainly corresponding...
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Richat Structure (redirect from Eye of Mauritania)
geological feature in the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania. In Hassaniya Arabic, rīšāt means feathers...
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Mauritania, formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west...
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domain: .mr Geography of Mauritania Mauritania is: a country Population of Mauritania: 3,124,000 - 135th most populous country Area of Mauritania: 1,030,700 km2...
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rooted" in the structure of the northwest African country of Mauritania and estimated to be "closely tied" to the ethnic composition of the country, although...
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The Mauritania Railway is the national railway of Mauritania. Construction of the line began in 1960, with its opening in 1963. It consists of a single...
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Department Keur Massene Department Mederdra Department Ouad Naga Department R'Kiz Department Rosso Department Regions of Mauritania Geography of Mauritania...
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Aoukar (category Geography of Mauritania)
عوكر) is a geological depression area of south eastern Mauritania. It is located between Kiffa and Néma, south of the Tagant Plateau. The region is also...
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Futa Tooro (category Geography of Mauritania)
the middle run of the Senegal River. This region, along the border of Senegal and Mauritania, is historically significant as the center of several Fulani...
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Tagant Plateau (redirect from Emirate of Tagant)
extinct in 1996, but as of 2011 was still present, particularly in the Lake Gabou area. Dhar Tichitt Geography of Mauritania M. J. Hambrey, W. B. Harland...
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("fishermen") on the Atlantic coast. The territory of Mauritania was on the fringe of geographical knowledge of Libya in classical antiquity. Berber immigration...
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provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study of Earth and its people. an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to...
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West Saharan montane xeric woodlands (category Geography of Mauritania)
Niger, Dhar Adrar in Mauritania, and Adrar des Iforas in Mali and Algeria, using the 500 m-elevation contour. The mountains of the West Saharan montane...
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Chinguetti oil field (category Geography of Mauritania)
off the Mauritanian coast in 800 m water depth. It was discovered by the Australian firm Woodside Petroleum in 2001. It is named after the city of Chinguetti...
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Tagant region (category Regions of Mauritania)
account of the political instability, the last elections were held in 2023. Departments of Mauritania Geography of Mauritania Regions of Mauritania "Sub-national...
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of Mauritania Elections in Mauritania Electoral districts of Mauritania F'dérik Geography of Mauritania Gorgol Region Gorgol River Guidimaka Heads of...
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Tiris Zemmour region (category Regions of Mauritania)
account of the political instability, the last elections were held in 2023. Departments of Mauritania Geography of Mauritania Regions of Mauritania Tiris...
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Adrar Plateau (category Landforms of Mauritania)
the airport of Atar, the Adrar's main town Geography of Mauritania "Adrar of Mauritania". Encyclopedia of Islam, THREE. Brill Online Reference. July 2008...
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This is a list of cities in Mauritania by population. All settlements with a population over 10,000 are listed. Akreijit (أكريجيت) Bir Moghrein (بير مغرين)...
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(Tindouf region), and Mauritania. Geographic coordinates: 24°30′N 13°00′W / 24.500°N 13.000°W / 24.500; -13.000 The size of Western Sahara, a region...
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Time in Mauritania is given by a single time zone, denoted as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; UTC+00:00). Mauritania shares this time zone with several other...
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Piracy Problem." (2012). "Geography of Seychelles - Archive - Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2020-05-26. "Geography of Seychelles | Mauritius...
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South Saharan steppe and woodlands (category Geography of Mauritania)
covers 1,101,700 square kilometers (425,400 sq mi) in Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Sudan. It extends east and west across the continent in a...
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regions:[citation needed] The Greater Maghreb, which includes Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. The Fertile Crescent, which includes Lebanon...
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Mauritania's health care infrastructure in the early 1980s consisted of a central hospital in Nouakchott, twelve regional hospitals, a number of health...
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Et t.o.m. De la République française". 1972. "Mauritania Government 1990 – Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues,...
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"Island Countries Of The World". WorldAtlas.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2019-08-10. "Madagascar-GEOGRAPHY". countrystudies...
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which is an active volcano. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Geography of Réunion. 21°06′S 55°36′E / 21.100°S 55.600°E / -21.100; 55.600 v t...
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Nouakchott (redirect from Capital of Mauritania)
Nawākšūṭ, 'place of the winds' or alternatively Zenaga: in wakchodh, 'having no ears') is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern...
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