Place:Outline of Mauritania

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Mauritania
The Flag of Mauritania
The Seal of Mauritania
The location of Mauritania
An enlargeable relief map of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mauritania:

Mauritaniasovereign country located in West Africa.[1] Mauritania 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 Morocco-controlled 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.


General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Mauritania

Geography of Mauritania

Geography of Mauritania

  • Mauritania is: a country
  • Population of Mauritania: 3,124,000 - 135th most populous country
  • Area of Mauritania: 1,030,700 km2
  • Atlas of Mauritania

Location

 Mali 2,237 km
Western Sahara 1,561 km
 Senegal 813 km
 Algeria 463 km
  • Coastline: 754 km

Environment of Mauritania

An enlargeable satellite image of Mauritania
  • Climate of Mauritania
  • Ecoregions in Mauritania
  • Wildlife of Mauritania
    • Fauna of Mauritania
      • Birds of Mauritania
      • Mammals of Mauritania

Natural geographic features of Mauritania

  • Glaciers in Mauritania: none [2]
  • Rivers of Mauritania
  • World Heritage Sites in Mauritania

Regions of Mauritania

Regions of Mauritania

Ecoregions of Mauritania

List of ecoregions in Mauritania

  • Ecoregions in Mauritania

Administrative divisions of Mauritania

Administrative divisions of Mauritania

  • Regions of Mauritania
    • Departments of Mauritania
Departments of Mauritania

Departments of Mauritania

Settlements in Mauritania
  • Capital of Mauritania: Nouakchott
  • Cities of Mauritania

Demography of Mauritania

Demographics of Mauritania

Government and politics of Mauritania

Politics of Mauritania

  • Form of government:
  • Capital of Mauritania: Nouakchott
  • Elections in Mauritania
  • Political parties in Mauritania

Branches of the government of Mauritania

Government of Mauritania

Executive branch of the government of Mauritania

Legislative branch of the government of Mauritania

  • Parliament of Mauritania (bicameral)
    • Upper house: Senate of Mauritania
    • Lower house: National Assembly of Mauritania

Judicial branch of the government of Mauritania

Court system of Mauritania

Foreign relations of Mauritania

Foreign relations of Mauritania

  • Diplomatic missions in Mauritania
  • Diplomatic missions of Mauritania

International organization membership of Mauritania

The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a member of:[1]

Law and order in Mauritania

Law of Mauritania

  • Constitution of Mauritania
  • Crime in Mauritania
  • Human rights in Mauritania
    • LGBT rights in Mauritania
    • Freedom of religion in Mauritania
  • Law enforcement in Mauritania

Military of Mauritania

Military of Mauritania

Local government in Mauritania

Local government in Mauritania

History of Mauritania

History of Mauritania

Culture of Mauritania

Culture of Mauritania

  • Cuisine of Mauritania
  • Languages of Mauritania
  • National symbols of Mauritania
    • Coat of arms of Mauritania
    • Flag of Mauritania
    • National Anthem of Mauritania
  • Public holidays in Mauritania
  • Religion in Mauritania
    • Christianity in Mauritania
    • Islam in Mauritania
  • World Heritage Sites in Mauritania

Art in Mauritania

  • Cinema of Mauritania
  • Music of Mauritania

Sports in Mauritania

Sports in Mauritania

  • Football in Mauritania
  • Mauritania at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Mauritania

Economy of Mauritania

Education in Mauritania

Education in Mauritania

Health in Mauritania

Health in Mauritania

See also

Mauritania

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Mauritania". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mauritania/. 
  2. The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.

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