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Region | Africa |
Capital | Nouakchott |
Area, km2 | 1 030 700 |
Population | 3 366 000 |
Population growth, per year | 80 784 |
Average life expectancy, years | 53.4 (m. 51.2, fem. 55.6) |
Population density, ppl./km2 | 3.27 |
Official languages | Arabic |
Currency | Mauritanian ouguiya |
International phone code | 222 |
Internet tld | mr |
Time zone | UTC+0 |
International organizations participation Mauritania | African and Malagasy Union, Council of Arab Economic Unity, Arab League, Group of 90, World Trade Organization, Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development, United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
Land borders | Algeria, Mali, Senegal |
Access to the seas and oceans | Atlantic oceans |