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Mauritania

Mauritania Going to the North African country Mauritania, you can experience this amazing mix of medieval lifestyle and yet one of the most modern societies in Africa. One of the countries secrets must be Ben Amera, the worlds 2nd largest monolith.

Area: 1.031.088 Km²
Population: 2.747.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 2,5 pop/Km²

System of government: Presidential Republic
Capital: Nouakchott (735.000 pop.)
Major cities: Nouadhibou 70.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Maur 80%, Black african 20%
Border countries: Morocco NORTH, Algeria NORTH-EAST, Mali EAST and SOUTH, Senegal SOUTH

Principal mountains: Kédia d'Idjil 915 m
Principal rivers: Senegal 750 Km (mauritanian tract, total 1440 Km)
Principal lakes: Sebkha de Norhamcha
Principal islands: Tidra
Climate: Desertic arid

Language: Hasaniya Arabic, Wolof (both officials), ethnic dialects, French
Religion: Muslim 99%
Currency: Ouguiya (MRO)

Fixed public holidays: 1/1, 8/3, 1/5, 25/5, 10/7, 28/11
Dialling code: 00222
GMT: 0

World Heritage List:

• Banc d'Arguin National Park (1989)
• Ancient Ksour of Ouadane, Chinguetti, Tichitt and Oualata (1996)

All state

Algeria	Angola	Benin
Botswana	Burkina Faso	Burundi
Cameroon	Cape Verde	Central African Republic
Chad	Comoros	Congo
Congo, Democratic Rep	Cote d Ivoire	Djibouti
Egypt	Equatorial Guinea	Eritrea
Ethiopia	Gabon	Gambia
Ghana	Guinea	Guinea Bissau
Kenya	Lesotho	Liberia
Libya	Madagascar	Malawi
Mali	Mauritania	Mauritius
Morocco	Mozambique	Namibia
Niger	Nigeria	Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe	Senegal	Seychelles
Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa
Sudan	Swaziland	Tanzania
Togo	Tunisia	Uganda
Zambia	Zimbabwe