Mauritania

E12692

capital city country in Africa sovereign state

Mauritania is a Northwest African country on the Atlantic coast, known for its vast Saharan landscapes, mixed Arab-Berber and Sub-Saharan cultures, and significant iron ore resources.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → country in Africa → sovereign state →
border	Algeria → Atlantic Ocean → Mali → Senegal → Western Sahara →
callingCode	+222 →
capital	Nouakchott →
capitalRelocatedFrom	Saint-Louis, Senegal →
climate	arid →
continent	Africa →
country	Mauritania →
currency	Mauritanian ouguiya →
demonym	Mauritanian →
drivesOnThe	right →
formerColonyOf	France →
geography	Sahara Desert →
governmentType	Islamic republic →
hasCoastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean →
independenceDate	1960-11-28 →
independenceFrom	France →
internetTLD	.mr →
ISO3166-1Alpha2	MR →
ISO3166-1Alpha3	MRT →
ISO4217Code	MRU →
largestCity	Nouakchott →
majorityReligion	Sunni Islam →
memberOf	African Union → Arab League → Arab Maghreb Union → G5 Sahel → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → United Nations →
naturalResource	copper → fish → gold → iron ore →
officialLanguage	Arabic →
partOf	Sahel region →
recognizedLanguage	French → Pulaar → Soninke → Wolof →
religion	Islam →
religionStatus	Islam is state religion →
subregion	Northwest Africa →
timeZone	UTC+0 →
UNMemberState	true →

Referenced by (105)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
MRU → Mandinka people → Mauritanian ouguiya → National Assembly of Mauritania → Nouakchott → Nouakchott → Supreme Court of Mauritania →	country
Arab Labor Organization → Arab League → Arab Monetary Fund → Arab Organization for Agricultural Development → Economic and Social Council of the Arab League → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Islamic Development Bank →	hasMember
Bambara → Fula language → Fulfulde → Maghrebi Arabic → Mande languages → Pulaar →	spokenIn
Francophone Africa → Greater Middle East → Middle East and North Africa → Northwest Africa →	includesCountry
Arab Maghreb Union → Arab Maghreb Union → CEN-SAD → French Community →	memberState
Mali → Río de Oro → Timbuktu Region →	borderedBy
Sahara Desert → Sahel → Supreme Court of Mauritania →	locatedIn
Central European Summer Time → French West African franc → MRU →	usedIn
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia →	hasMemberState
MRU → Mauritanian ouguiya →	officialCurrencyOf
Berbers → Fulani →	presentInCountry
Fus’ha → bin Abdullah →	usedInCountry
MRT →	alpha3CodeFor
Islamic crescent →	appearsOnFlagOf
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
Islamization of North Africa →	appliesToTerritory
Senegal River →	basinCountry
Senegal →	borderCountry
Algeria →	borderingCountry
Spanish Sahara →	bordersWith
Nouakchott →	capitalOf
Spanish Sahara ("Islamic Republic of Mauritania") →	claimant
West Africa →	containsCountry
Nouakchott →	countryCapital
G5 Sahel →	countryMember
MRT →	countryName
Council of Arab Ministers of Information →	countryOfMembership
ECA Subregional Office for North Africa →	countryServed
Madrid Accords →	countrySignatory
Almoravid dynasty →	countryToday
FAO Major Fishing Area 34 →	coversWatersOf
Mauritanian ouguiya ("Islamic Republic of Mauritania") →	currencyOf
Mauritania ("Mauritanian") →	demonym
Canary Current →	flowsPast
Senegal River →	flowsThrough
Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel →	focusesOnCountry
Dakar Rally →	formerHostCountry
ECOWAS →	formerMemberState
Polisario Front ("Islamic Republic of Mauritania") →	formerOpponent
Maliki →	geographicalDistribution
Arab world →	hasCountry
Governor-General of French West Africa ("Mauritania (French colony)") →	hasJurisdictionOver
Francophonie →	hasMajorMember
North Africa →	hasPart
French West Africa →	includesTerritory
Nouakchott →	isAdministrativeCenterOf
Nouakchott →	isEconomicCenterOf
Nouakchott →	isInSovereignState
Nouakchott →	isLargestCityOf
Wolof →	isLinguaFrancaIn
Nouakchott →	isPoliticalCenterOf
Nouakchott →	isSeatOfGovernmentOf
Supreme Court of Mauritania →	jurisdiction
Mauritanian ouguiya →	legalTenderIn
Operation Barkhane →	location
Maliki school →	mainRegion
Union for the Mediterranean →	memberIncludes
Arab Spring →	notableCountry
Arabic →	officialLanguageOf
Modern Standard Arabic →	officialStatusIn
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb →	operationalArea
Tropic of Cancer →	passesThrough
Polisario Front →	placeOfFoundation
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Wolof Empire →	presentLocation
Wolof →	primaryCountry
Madrid Accords →	recognizedBy
MRT →	represents
Senegal River →	sharedBy
Treaty of Lagos →	signatory
French West Africa →	successorState
Wolof →	usedAsTradeLanguageIn