Outline of Mauritania
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mauritania:
Berber kingdom of Mauretania. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.
General reference
- Pronunciation: /mɔːrɪˈteɪniə/
- Common English country name: Mauritania
- Official English country name: The Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- Common
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Mauritanian
- Demonym(s):
- ISO country codes: MR, MRT, 478
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MR
- Internet country code top-level domain: .mr
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
- Mauritania is situated within the following regions:
- UTC+00
- Extreme points of Mauritania
- High: Kediet ej Jill 915 m (3,002 ft)
- Low: Sebkha de Ndrhamcha −5 m (−16 ft)
- Land boundaries: 5,074 km
- Mali 2,237 km
- Western Sahara 1,561 km
- Senegal 813 km
- Algeria 463 km
- Coastline: 754 km
Environment of Mauritania
- Climate of Mauritania
- Ecoregions in Mauritania
- Wildlife of Mauritania
- Fauna of Mauritania
Natural geographic features of Mauritania
- Glaciers in Mauritania: none [2]
- Rivers of Mauritania
- World Heritage Sites in Mauritania
Regions of Mauritania
Ecoregions of Mauritania
List of ecoregions in Mauritania
- Ecoregions in Mauritania
Administrative divisions of Mauritania
Administrative divisions of Mauritania
Departments of Mauritania
Settlements in Mauritania
- Nouakchott
- Cities of Mauritania
Demography of Mauritania
Government and politics of Mauritania
- Form of government:
- Nouakchott
- Elections in Mauritania
- Political parties in Mauritania
Branches of the government of Mauritania
Government of Mauritania
Executive branch of the government of Mauritania
- President of Mauritania,
- Prime Minister of Mauritania,
Legislative branch of the government of Mauritania
- bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Mauritania
- 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
- Law enforcement in Mauritania
Military of Mauritania
Military of Mauritania
- Command
- Forces
- Army of Mauritania
- Air Force of Mauritania
Local government in Mauritania
Local government in 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
- World Heritage Sites in Mauritania
Art in Mauritania
- Cinema of Mauritania
- Music of Mauritania
Sports in Mauritania
Sports in Mauritania
Economy and infrastructure of Mauritania
- Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 151st (one hundred and fifty first)
- Agriculture in Mauritania
- Communications in Mauritania
- Internet in Mauritania
- Companies of Mauritania
- Currency of Mauritania: Ouguiya
- Health care in Mauritania
- Mining in Mauritania
- Tourism in Mauritania
- Transport in Mauritania
- Airports in Mauritania
- Rail transport in Mauritania
Education in Mauritania
Health in Mauritania
See also
- Index of Mauritania-related articles
- List of international rankings
- List of Mauritania-related topics
- Member state of the United Nations
- Outline of Africa
- Outline of geography
References
- ^ a b "Mauritania". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ 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.