COUNTRY GUIDE · Africa
Mauritania
Explore the geography, landmarks, and distinctive stories of Mauritania.
Mauritania at a glance
- CAPITAL
- Nouakchott
- REGION
- Africa
- POPULATION
- 3,545,620
- AREA
- 1,030,700.0 km²
- LANGUAGE
- Arabic
- CURRENCY
- Ouguiya (MRU)
COUNTRY SUPERLATIVE
Saharan Library Town
Chinguetti is famed for its historic Islamic manuscript libraries.
DID YOU KNOW?
A surprising detail about Mauritania
The Richat Structure in the Sahara is a huge circular geological formation sometimes called the Eye of the Sahara.
Geography and nearby countries
PinPointr places Mauritania in its Africa region. Its reference dataset lists an area of 1,030,700.0 km² and a population of approximately 3,545,620. The country is not listed as landlocked in PinPointr’s geography reference.
Listed land neighbors
Country statistics are fixed PinPointr gameplay references and may differ from current government or international estimates. Country highlights and illustrations are educational material, not official travel advice.