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Mauritania, [a] formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, [b] is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast , Mali to the east and southeast , and Senegal to the southwest .
Oualata or Walata (Arabic: ولاتة) (also Biru in 17th century chronicles) [2] is a small oasis town in southeast Mauritania, located at the eastern end of the Aoukar basin. Oualata was important as a caravan city in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries as the southern terminus of a trans-Saharan trade route and now it is a World Heritage ...
Mauritania, formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast , Mali to the east and southeast , and Senegal to the southwest .
During the Islamic conquests, they made incursions into Mauritania and were present in the region by the end of the 7th century. [1] Many Berber tribes in Mauritania fled the arrival of the Arabs to the Gao region in Mali. [2] The European colonial powers of the 19th century had little interest in Mauritania. The French Republic was mostly ...
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The economy of Mauritania is still largely based on agriculture, slave labour and livestock, even though most of the nomads and many subsistence farmers were forced into the cities by recurring droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Train carrying iron ore. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for almost 50% of total exports ...
The national flag of Mauritania (علم موريتانيا) is a green field containing a gold star and crescent, with two red stripes at the top and bottom of the field.. The original national flag was introduced under the instructions of President Moktar Ould Daddah [1] and the constitution of 22 March 1959 and was officially adopted on 1 April 1
Mauritania: Number: 15 (as of 2023) Populations: 19,639–430,668: Areas: 156–252,900 km 2 (60–97,645 sq mi) Politics of Mauritania. Member State of the Arab League.