Explore Mauritania in Africa - Mauritania Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Mauritania with its capital Nouakchott is located in Africa (Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean). It covers some 1,030,701 square kilometres (slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico) with 3,364,000 citizens. Arabic, French and Wolof are the languages commonly used by the people in Mauritania (consider regional differences). Senegal, Algeria, Western Sahara and Mali are bordering countries.

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About Mauritania

The landscape features mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara and some central hills. The average density of population is about 3 per km². The climate in can be described as desert with constantly hot, dry, dusty. Potential threats by nature are hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April or periodic droughts.

To reach someone in Mauritania dial +222 prior to a number. There are 74,500 installed telephones. And there are 2,182,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".mr". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 13 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Mauritania

Mauritania Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata

Founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centres became focal points of Islamic culture. They have managed to preserve an urban...

Banc d'Arguin National Park

Fringing the Atlantic coast, the park comprises sand-dunes, coastal swamps, small islands and shallow coastal waters. The contrast between the harsh desert environment and the biodiversity of the...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Mauritania

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Mauritania is growing at an rate of 2.37% (or by 76,056 citizens). Each year 3,013 people leave this country (or 0.90 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.47%. Or an total increase of 79,069 citizens.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.