Subdivisions of Mauritania

Structure description

Main articles: Regions of Mauritania and Departments of Mauritania

Politics of Mauritania

Member State of the Arab League

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Constitution

* Human rights

Slavery

Government

* President

Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
* Prime Minister

Mokhtar Ould Djay

Parliament

* National Assembly

President

Administrative divisions

* Regions
* Departments
* Communes

Elections

* Recent elections

* Presidential: 2014
* 2019
* 2024

* Parliamentary: 2013
* 2018
* 2023

* Political parties
* Electoral districts

Foreign relations

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug

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* Diplomatic missions of / in Mauritania

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Mauritania is divided into 12 wilayahs and capital district in Nouakchott, its capital district. These wilayahs are subdivided into 53 mouaghataas, or departments.[1]

There are 216 communes of Mauritania.

The regions and capital district (in alphabetical order) and their capitals are:

Region | Capital

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Adrar | Atar
Assaba | Kiffa
Brakna | Aleg
Dakhlet Nouadhibou | Nouadhibou
Gorgol | Kaédi
Guidimaka | Sélibaby
Hodh Ech Chargui | Néma
Hodh El Gharbi | Ayoun el Atrous
Inchiri | Akjoujt
Nouakchott (capital district)
Tagant | Tidjikdja
Tiris Zemmour | Zouerat
Trarza | Rosso

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Subdivisions of Africa

Sovereign states|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

States with limited
recognition

* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
* Somaliland

Dependencies and
other territories

* Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)
* Madeira (Portugal)
* Mayotte / Réunion (France)
* Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
* Western Sahara

## References

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1. ^ "CoR - Mauritania Introduction". portal.cor.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-12-21.

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