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Mauritania expelled some 70,000 sub-Saharan African Mauritanians in the late 1980s. [32] Ethnic tensions and the sensitive issue of slavery – past and, in some areas, present – are still powerful themes in the country's political debate. A significant number from all groups seek a more diverse, pluralistic society. [citation needed]
According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [2] [3], the total population was 4,614,974 in 2021, compared to only 657 000 in 1950.The proportion of children below the age of 15 in 2010 was 39.9%, 57.4% was between 15 and 65 years of age, while 2.7% was 65 years or older.
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Mauritania" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bafour;
The Beidane, who are of mixed Arab and Berber ancestry, represent 30% of Mauritania's population. [1] [2] The language of the Beidane is Hassaniya Arabic. Al-Bidān (which literally translates to "Land of the whites") is an endonym used within Mauritania and Western Sahara by the Bidān people to refer to themselves. The name used by outsiders ...
The name Imraguen (Berber orthography: imragen) is a Berber word meaning "fishermen", or «people who fish while walking on the sea», [2] or «those who harvest life». [3] The Imraguen are believed to descend from the Bafour people [citation needed]. According to the Documentation of the human population of the territory, the Imraguen people ...
The Haratin form an ethnic group distinct from Arab and Tuareg populations, as well as from the contemporary ethnic groups of sub-Saharan Africa. [ 12 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In Mauritania, however, where there are nearly 1.5 million Haratin, they have developed a separate sense of ethnic identity.
Nearly 2 million people go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania, a vast desert nation in West Africa which positions itself as a strategic ally of the West in a region swept by coups and ...
In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This is an expanse (mostly of ocean) which measures about 1,000 miles (1,600 ...