Mauritania, Muritaniyya, Mauritanie, Mauretańska Rep. Islamska, Al-Dżumhurijja al-Islamijja, al-MurItanijja, Rép. Islamique de Mauritanie
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Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976, but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. Opposition parties were legalized and a new constitution approved in 1991. Two multiparty presidential elections since then were widely seen as being flawed; Mauritania remains, in reality, a one-party state. The country continues to experience ethnic tensions between its black minority population and the dominant Maur (Arab-Berber) populace.

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1. Dependency status: NA

2. Government type: republic

3. Location: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara

4. Border Countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km

5. Climate: desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty

6. Terrain: mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills

7. Area: 1,030,700 km2

8. Capital: Nouakchott

9. Administrative divisions: 12 regions (regions, singular - region) and 1 capital district*; Adrar, Assaba, Brakna, Dakhlet Nouadhibou, Gorgol, Guidimaka, Hodh Ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Inchiri, Nouakchott*, Tagant, Tiris Zemmour, Trarza

10. Population: 2,747,312 (July 2001 est.)

11. Languages: Hasaniya Arabic (official), Pular, Soninke, Wolof (official), French

12. Religions: Muslim 100%

13. Currency: ouguiya (MRO)

14. Time diference to GMT: NA

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22. Airlines:

The domestic airline is Air Mauritanie. The two international airports are Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, to which Royal Air Moroc, Air Afrique and Iberia fly. There are four other domestic airports.

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24. Mauritania office in Moscow:

  • Ambasada Mauretańskiej Republiki Islamskiej
    Bolszaja Ordynka 66, Moskwa
    tel. (0-07 095) 237 37 92, 237 11 32
    fax (0-07 095) 237 28 61
    e-mail: ambarim@hotmail.com
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26. Other WEB's :

  • slowniki.onet.pl - dictionary translating from polish and english, german, french, italian, spanish, russian etc.
  • babelfish.altavista.com - dictionary translaiting both ways in 25 lanquages useful in translating texts
  • Afrika.no - The new Index on Africa
  • SKYTRAX - Links to World Airline sites
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