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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mauritania canonical	219
Islamic Republic of Mauritania	5
موريتانيا	4
Mauritania (French colony)	1
Mauritanian	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city ⓘ country in Africa ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
border	Algeria ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Mali ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Spanish Sahara ⓘ surface form: Western Sahara
callingCode	+222 ⓘ
capital	Nouakchott ⓘ
capitalRelocatedFrom	Saint-Louis, Senegal ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Mauritania self-linksurface differs ⓘ
currency	Mauritanian ouguiya ⓘ
demonym	Mauritania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Sahel region
recognizedLanguage	French ⓘ Pulaar ⓘ Mande languages ⓘ surface form: Soninke Wolof ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religionStatus	Islam is state religion ⓘ
subregion	Northwest Africa ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+0 ⓘ
UNMemberState	true ⓘ

Referenced by (230)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic → officialLanguageOf → Mauritania ⓘ

Arab world → hasCountry → Mauritania ⓘ

North Africa → hasPart → Mauritania ⓘ

Canary Current → flowsPast → Mauritania ⓘ

Arab Spring → notableCountry → Mauritania ⓘ

Arab League → hasMember → Mauritania ⓘ

Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Mauritania ⓘ

Bureau of African Affairs → appliesPolicyTo → Mauritania ⓘ

Algeria → borderingCountry → Mauritania ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Mauritania ⓘ

Maghrebi Arabic → spokenIn → Mauritania ⓘ

Berbers → presentInCountry → Mauritania ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia → hasMemberState → Mauritania ⓘ

Central European Summer Time → usedIn → Mauritania ⓘ

Fulani → presentInCountry → Mauritania ⓘ

Sahara Desert → locatedIn → Mauritania ⓘ

West Africa → containsCountry → Mauritania ⓘ

Mauritania → country → Mauritania self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Nouakchott

Mauritania → demonym → Mauritania self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mauritanian

Spanish Sahara → bordersWith → Mauritania ⓘ

Spanish Sahara → claimant → Mauritania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Nouakchott → country → Mauritania ⓘ

Nouakchott → capitalOf → Mauritania ⓘ

Nouakchott → isLargestCityOf → Mauritania ⓘ

Nouakchott → isPoliticalCenterOf → Mauritania ⓘ

Nouakchott → isEconomicCenterOf → Mauritania ⓘ

Nouakchott → isAdministrativeCenterOf → Mauritania ⓘ

Nouakchott → countryCapital → Mauritania ⓘ

Nouakchott → isSeatOfGovernmentOf → Mauritania ⓘ

Nouakchott → isInSovereignState → Mauritania ⓘ

ECOWAS → formerMemberState → Mauritania ⓘ

Modern Standard Arabic → officialStatusIn → Mauritania ⓘ

Union for the Mediterranean → memberIncludes → Mauritania ⓘ

French West Africa → includesTerritory → Mauritania ⓘ

French West Africa → successorState → Mauritania ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for North Africa → countryServed → Mauritania ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Mauritania ⓘ

Sahel → locatedIn → Mauritania ⓘ

Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Mauritania ⓘ

Arab Organization for Agricultural Development → hasMember → Mauritania ⓘ

Economic and Social Council of the Arab League → hasMember → Mauritania ⓘ

Arab Labor Organization → hasMember → Mauritania ⓘ

Operation Barkhane → location → Mauritania ⓘ

Maliki school → mainRegion → Mauritania ⓘ

Council of Arab Ministers of Information → countryOfMembership → Mauritania ⓘ

Wolof → primaryCountry → Mauritania ⓘ

Wolof → isLinguaFrancaIn → Mauritania ⓘ

Wolof → usedAsTradeLanguageIn → Mauritania ⓘ

Bambara → spokenIn → Mauritania ⓘ

Office of the Special Envoy for the Sahel → focusesOnCountry → Mauritania ⓘ