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Mauritania

Mauritania lies on the north-west coast of Africa, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, by Senegal on the south-west, Mali on the south-east and east, Algeria on the north-east, and the Western Sahara province of Morocco on the north-west.

  • Capital: Nouakchott
  • Currency: Ouguiya
  • Population: 4,301,018
  • Area: 1 030 700 km²
  • GDP $ : $17.421 billion (2017)
  • Internet domain: .mr
  • Languages: Arabic (official language) , French.
  • Exports: Consumer goods; foodstuffs; petroleum products; capital goods
  • Imports: Fish and fish products; iron ore; gold; cooper; petroleum
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