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    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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    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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    geological feature in the Adrar Plateau of the Sahara. It is located near Ouadane in the Adrar Region of Mauritania. In Hassaniya Arabic, rīšāt means feathers...
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    Mauritania, formally the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west...
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    domain: .mr Geography of Mauritania Mauritania is: a country Population of Mauritania: 3,124,000 - 135th most populous country Area of Mauritania: 1,030,700 km2...
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    Department Keur Massene Department Mederdra Department Ouad Naga Department R'Kiz Department Rosso Department Regions of Mauritania Geography of Mauritania...
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    rooted" in the structure of the northwest African country of Mauritania and estimated to be "closely tied" to the ethnic composition of the country, although...
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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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    Futa Tooro (category Geography of Mauritania)
    the middle run of the Senegal River. This region, along the border of Senegal and Mauritania, is historically significant as the center of several Fulani...
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  • ("fishermen") on the Atlantic coast. The territory of Mauritania was on the fringe of geographical knowledge of Libya in classical antiquity. Berber immigration...
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