Info about Mauritania

Generally flat with vast, arid plains broken by occasional ridges and outcroppings. In center of country, series of scarps facing southwest longitudinally bisect plains; sandstone plateaus, some with isolated peaks, between scarps. Northeast a vast region of dunes.

Capital
Nouakchott - 600 000 people
all city from Mauritania

Country lead by
President: Sidi Ould Sheik Abdellahi (2007)
Prime Minister: Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (2005)

Population
3,177,388 (growth rate: 2.9%); birth rate: 41.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 69.5/1000; life expectancy: 53.1; density per sq mi: 8

Land Area
397,837 sq mi (1,030,400 sq km); total area: 397, 955 sq mi (1,030,700 sq km)

Monetary unit
Ouguiya

Language
Hassaniya Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Wolof

Ethnicity
mixed Maur/black 40%, Maur 30%, black 30%

Religion
Islam 100%

Transportation
Railways: total: 717 km (2002). Highways: total: 7,720 km; paved: 830 km; unpaved: 6,890 km (2000). Waterways: ferry traffic on the Senegal River. Ports and harbors: Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso. Airports: 26 (2002).

Internet tld
.mr

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