Place:Mauritania

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NameMauritania
Alt namesal-Jumhūrīyah al-Īslāmīyah al-Mūrītānīyahsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1991) p 654; Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 667
French West Africasource: Family History Library Catalog
Islamic Republic of Mauritaniasource: Wikipedia
Mauretaniensource: Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) p 1195
Mauritaniesource: Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) p 477
Mauritaniësource: Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 428
Mauritâniasource: Novo Dicionário Aurélio (1975) p 901
Mūrītānīyāsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Spanish Saharasource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeNation
Coordinates20°N 12°W
Contained Places
General region
Akchâr
Aoukâr
El Mreyyé
Hodh
Inhabited place
Chegga
Fderîck
National district
Nouakchott
Region
Adrar
Assaba
Brakna
Dakhlet Nouadhibou
Gorgol
Guidimaka
Hodh Ech Chargui
Hodh El Gharbi
Inchiri
Tagant
Tiris Zemmour
Trarza
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Mauritania ( ; Berber: MuritanyaAgawej; ; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani; ), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is an Arab Maghreb country in West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara (controlled by Morocco) in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest. It is named after the ancient Berber Kingdom of Mauretania, which later became a province of the Roman Empire, even though the modern Mauritania covers a territory far to the south of the old Berber kingdom that had no relation with it. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.

The government of Mauritania was overthrown on 6 August 2008, in a military coup d'état led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. On 16 April 2009, General Aziz resigned from the military to run for president in the 19 July elections, which he won. In Mauritania about 20% of the population live on less than US$1.25 per day.

Slavery in Mauritania has been called a major human rights issue as well as female genital mutilation, child labour, and human trafficking.

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