Mauritania, formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west...

The Mauritanian is a 2021 legal drama film based on the memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian man who was held from 2002 to 2016 without charge...

The Mauritania national football team (Arabic: منتخب مُورِيتَانْيَا لِكُرَةِ الْقَدَم), nicknamed Al-Murabitun in the reference to Almoravid dynasty, represents...

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...

The people of Mauritania are overwhelmingly adherents of Sunni Islam, of the Maliki school of jurisprudence. Mauritania is a country in Africa, bordering...

"deeply rooted" in the structure of the northwest African country of Mauritania and estimated to be "closely tied" to the ethnic composition of the country...

Look up Mauritanian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mauritanian may refer to: Something of, from, or related to Mauritania, a country in northwest...

Mauritania Airlines, previously Mauritania Airlines International, is an airline based in Nouakchott, Mauritania, serving as flag carrier of the country...

The national flag of Mauritania (علم موريتانيا) is a green field containing a gold star and crescent, with two red stripes at the top and bottom of the...

Zenaga: in wakchodh, 'having no ears') is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is one of the largest...

Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania. In Hassaniya Arabic, rīšāt means feathers and it is also known locally...

Mauritania's wildlife has two main influences as the country lies in two biogeographic realms. The north sits in the Palearctic which extends south from...

Demographic features of the population of Mauritania (Arabic: التركيبة السكانية في موريتانيا) include population density, ethnicity, education level, health...

The economy of Mauritania is still largely based on agriculture, slave labour and livestock, even though most of the nomads and many subsistence farmers...

Events in the year 2025 in Mauritania. President: Mohamed Ould Ghazouani Prime Minister: Mokhtar Ould Djay Source: 1 January - New Year's Day 31 March...

The original inhabitants of Mauritania were the Bafour, presumably a Mande ethnic group, connected to the contemporary Arabized minor social group of Imraguen...

This is a list of prime ministers of Mauritania since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Mauritania in 1960 to the present day. A total of...

This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of nine people have...

The music of Mauritania comes predominantly from the country's largest ethnic group: the Moors. In Moorish society musicians occupy the lowest caste, iggawin...

Mauritania (Arabic: أمل موريتانيا, romanized: amal mūrītānyā, French: Espoir Mauritanie) is a coalition of several political movements in Mauritania formed...

Cannabis in Mauritania is illegal, but the country serves as a major transit point for Moroccan cannabis en route to Europe. In Mauritania, it is illegal...

The Mauritania–Senegal Border War was a conflict fought between the West African countries of Mauritania and Senegal along their shared border from 1989...

the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries is the colonial period in Mauritania. Before the nineteenth century, the European powers in West Africa were...

Human rights in Mauritania are generally seen as poor according to international observers, including Freedom House, the United States Department of State...

Mauritania Airways S.A. was an airline based in Nouakchott, Mauritania, operating out of Nouakchott International Airport. The company was established...

The languages of Mauritania include the official language, Arabic, three national languages, Pulaar, Soninke and Wolof, and French, a former official language...

also spelled Baydan or Beydan (Arabic: بيضان), is an Arabic term used in Mauritania to refer to lighter-skinned or "white Moors", in contrast to the term...

Mauritania is divided into 15 regions (wilayat): During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (mainly corresponding...

Precolonial Mauritania, lying next to the Atlantic coast at the western edge of the Sahara Desert, received and assimilated into its complex society many...

Issues impacting Women in Mauritanian society include female genital mutilation, child marriage, and polygamy. The practice of Leblouh (Arabic: البلوح...