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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mauritania: Mauritania – sovereign country located in West Africa . [ 1 ] Mauritania is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara ...
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 .
French is an administrative language and is commonly but unofficially used in the Maghreb states, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.As of 2023, an estimated 350 million African people spread across 34 African countries can speak French either as a first or second language, mostly as a secondary language, making Africa the continent with the most French speakers in the world. [2]
On 5 December 2017, the Central Bank of Mauritania announced a redenomination of its currency at a rate of 1:10. As part of the redenomination, a new series of coins were issued in denominations of 1 khoums ( 1 ⁄ 5 ouguiya), 1, 5, 10 and 20 ouguiya, with the latter being struck as a tri-metallic coin and a new series of banknotes in ...
Mauritania is a member of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (La Francophonie). Sometimes French is used for certain speeches by parliamentarians in the Senate and the National Assembly , and they are broadcast on radio and television in this language.
Mauretania (/ ˌ m ɒr ɪ ˈ t eɪ n i ə, ˌ m ɔːr ɪ-/; Classical Latin: [mau̯.reːˈt̪aː.ni.a]) [5] [6] is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb.It extended from central present-day Algeria to the Atlantic, [7] [8] encompassing northern present-day Morocco, and from the Mediterranean in the north to the Atlas Mountains. [7]
Hassaniya Arabic (Arabic: حسانية, romanized: Ḥassānīya; also known as Hassaniyya, Klam El Bithan, Hassani, Hassaniya, and Maure) is a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken by Mauritanian and Malian Arabs and the Sahrawi people.
A person from Mauritania, or of Mauritanian descent. For information about the Mauritanian people, see Demographics of Mauritania. Note that there is no language called "Mauritanian". For Mauritania's official language, see Arabic. For the history of Mauritania, see History of Mauritania; The Mauritanian, 2021 film directed by Kevin Macdonald