Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-Mūrītānīyah), is a sovereign...

The Mauritania national football team (Arabic: منتخب مُورِيتَانْيَا لِكُرَةِ الْقَدَم), nicknamed Al-Murabitun in the reference to Almoravid dynasty,...

droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for almost 50% of total exports. The decline in world demand...

Greater Mauritania (Arabic: موريتانيا الكبرى) is a term for the Mauritanian irredentist claim that generally includes the Western Sahara and other Sahrawi-populated...

The Mauritania–Senegal Border War was a conflict fought between the West African countries of Mauritania and Senegal along their shared border from 1989...

circular geological feature in the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania. In the local dialect, rīšāt...

capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves...

Mauritania sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia from 15 September to 1 October 2000. This was the African nation's...

The Armed Forces of Mauritania (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الموريتاني, romanized: al-Jaysh al-Waṭanī al-Mūrītānī, French: Armée Nationale Mauritanienne) is the...

The music of Mauritania comes predominantly from the country's largest ethnic group: the Moors. In Moorish society musicians occupy the lowest caste,...

The Mauritania national futsal team is controlled by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the governing body for futsal in Algeria...

Demographic features of the population of Mauritania (Arabic: التركيبة السكانية في موريتانيا) include population density, ethnicity, education level, health...

representing Mauritania at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. Women–track Men 2000 Summer Paralympics International Paralympic Committee 2000, p. C.2 International...

Human rights in Mauritania are generally seen as poor according to international observers, including Freedom House, the United States Department of State...

military control, relaxed the political climate. Ould Taya moderated Mauritania's previous pro-Algerian stance, and re-established ties with Morocco during...

Atar (Arabic: أطار, Berber for mountain) is a town in northwestern Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau...

The Mauritania–Senegal border is 742 km (461 m) in length and runs from the Atlantic Ocean in the west along the Senegal River to the tripoint with Mali...

open-ended question included in the 2000 US census, 993 people said that their ancestry or ethnic origin was Mauritanian. According to a 2012 published...

العبد; born 24 December 2000), is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Nouadhibou and the Mauritania national team. El Abd...

Mauritania – United States relations are bilateral relations between Mauritania and the United States. After Mauritania gained independence on 28 November...

The Mali–Mauritania border is 2,236 km (1,389 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Algeria in the north to the tripoint with Senegal in the south-west...

Algeria–Mauritania border is 460 km (286 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Western Sahara in the west to the tripoint with Mali in the east...

This is a list of cities in Mauritania by population. All settlements with a population over 10,000 are listed. Akreijit (أكريجيت) Bir Moghrein (بير مغرين)...

Committee in 1979. Mauritania's debut female Olympian was Fatou Dieng, who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. List of flag bearers for Mauritania at the...

June 2011) was one of Mauritania's most famous musicians. She was born Loula Bint Siddaty Ould Abba in Tidjikja in Mauritania. 1958, into a low-caste...

The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena...

acceptance. The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. Mauritania was declared an independent state...

division of association football league system in Mauritania. It was created in 1976. Mauritanian Cup Mauritanian Super Cup FFRIM D1 Calendar RSSSF competition...

significant comeback in Mauritania after a military junta took over the country in 2008. The younger generations in Mauritania view this practice negatively...

The National anthem of Mauritania (Arabic: النشيد الوطني الموريتاني), also known by its incipit, "Bilāda l-ʾubāti l-hudāti l-kirām" (English: "Land of...