Which country is Mauritania?

Mauritania, country on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Mauritania forms a geographic and cultural bridge between the North African Maghrib (a region that also includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) and the westernmost portion of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Is Mauritania a poor country?

Mauritania is a sparsely populated and enormous nation stretching across a vast area of Northwest Africa. It is also cripplingly poor; about 21 percent of children under five are chronically malnourished and recent climatic changes have worsened the situation.

What is the capital of Namibia?

Windhoek
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After 106 years of German and South African rule, Namibia became independent on March 21, 1990, under a democratic multiparty constitution. The capital of the country is Windhoek.

Is Mauritania and Mauritius the same country?

Informed sources say the actual target of the proposed CIA action was Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa, not Mauritania, a large country on the northwest coast of Africa.

Do they speak English in Mauritania?

Language in Mauritania The official language is Arabic but French is widely spoken. English is increasingly spoken.

Which is the largest city in Mauritania?

Nouakchott (/nwɑːkˈʃɒt/; Arabic: نواكشوط‎; Berber: Nwakcoṭ, originally derived from Berber Nawākšūṭ, “place of the winds”) is the capital and largest city of Mauritania.

What kind of people live in Mauritania?

Mauritania’s population consists of about 70% Moors, people of Amazigh (Berber) and Arab descent, and 30% non-Arabic speaking Africans: Wolof, Bambara, and Fulas. Spoken languages are Arabic (official), Wolof (official), and French. Mauritania is an Islamic country, the majority are Sunni Muslims.

Why was Nouakchott chosen as the capital of Mauritania?

As Mauritania prepared for independence, it lacked a capital city and the area of present-day Nouakchott was chosen by Moktar Ould Daddah and his advisors. Ould Daddah desired for the new capital to be a symbol of modernity and national unity which ruled out existing cities or towns in the interior.

Who is the current president of Mauritania?

Mauritanians are due to vote in a constitutional referendum on 5 August 2017 on the president’s proposals to scrap the Senate and to change the flag. The opposition said it was boycotting the vote. In August 2019, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani was sworn in as Mauritania’s tenth president.