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    Slavery has been called "deeply rooted" in the structure of the Northwestern African country of Mauritania and estimated to be "closely tied" to the ethnic...
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    Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Arabic: الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-Mūrītānīyah), is a sovereign...
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    The Mauritania Railway is the national railway of Mauritania. Construction of the line began in 1960, with its opening in 1963. It consists of a single...
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  • The Mauritania national football team (Arabic: منتخب مُورِيتَانْيَا لِكُرَةِ الْقَدَم), nicknamed Al-Murabitun in the reference to Almoravid dynasty,...
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  • Thumbnail for Transport in Mauritania
    Citizens of Mauritania have various transportation methods. Railways and highways connect major cities in the country. Mauritania is a coastal country...
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    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...
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    all Mauritanians are Sunni Muslims. They adhere to the Maliki madhhab, one of the four Sunni schools of law. Since independence in 1960, Mauritania has...
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    Issues impacting Women in Mauritanian society include female genital mutilation, child marriage, and polygamy. The practice of Leblouh (Arabic: البلوح...
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  • Thumbnail for 2014 Mauritanian presidential election
    Presidential elections were held in Mauritania on 21 June 2014, with a second round planned for 5 July if no candidate received more than 50% of the vote...
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  • Thumbnail for Mauritania–Senegal Border War
    The Mauritania–Senegal Border War was a conflict fought between the West African countries of Mauritania and Senegal along their shared border from 1989...
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    people in Mauritania face severe challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Both male and female kinds of same-sex sexual activity are illegal in Mauritania...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Human rights in Mauritania
    Human rights in Mauritania are generally seen as poor according to international observers, including Freedom House, the United States Department of State...
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  • Thumbnail for Geography of Mauritania
    Mauritania, a country in the Western Region of the continent of Africa, is generally flat, its 1,030,700 square kilometres forming vast, arid plains broken...
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  • Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 26 (2014) Internet users: 10,000 (2002) Country code (Top level domain): .mr Mauritania has three operators, the original...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Demographics of Mauritania
    Demographic features of the population of Mauritania (Arabic: التركيبة السكانية في موريتانيا) include population density, ethnicity, education level, health...
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    Mauritania is divided into 15 regions (wilayat): During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (mainly corresponding...
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    The cuisine of Mauritania includes the culinary practices of Mauritania. Historically, what is now Mauritania has been influenced by Arab, Berbers and...
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  • Thumbnail for Mauritania at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
    Mauritania competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. Mauritania qualified two athletes. Qualification...
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    of Mauritania (Arabic: الجيش الوطني الموريتاني, French: Armée Nationale Mauritanienne) is the defence force of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, having...
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  • Thumbnail for List of prime ministers of Mauritania
    This is a list of prime ministers of Mauritania since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Mauritania in 1960 to the present day. A total of...
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    Elections in Mauritania encompass four different types: presidential elections, parliamentary elections, regional elections and local elections. This...
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  • Thumbnail for List of heads of state of Mauritania
    This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of nine people have...
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  • The 2007 killing of French tourists in Mauritania happened on 24 December 2007. The attack happened near Aleg, 250 km east of the capital Nouakchott....
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  • The 2014–15 Mauritanian Premier League season was the 35th season of the premier association football league in Mauritania. Tevragh-Zeina won their second...
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  • Television in Mauritania was introduced in 1980 with experimental broadcasts, with regular broadcasts starting in 1982. Télédiffusion de Mauritanie offers...
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    The Mauritanian Parliament (Barlamane/Parlement) is composed of a single chamber, the National Assembly (Al Jamiya al-Wataniyah/Assemblée Nationale)....
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    romanized: Majlis ash-Shuyūkh, French: Sénat) was the upper house of Parliament in Mauritania from April 1992 to August 2017. The Senate had 56 members, 53 members...
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  • The Television of Mauritania (acronym TVM, Arabic: التلفزة الموريتانية, French: Télévision de Mauritanie) is Mauritania's national state-owned public...
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