Mauritanian ouguiya
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The Mauritanian ouguiya is the official monetary unit of Mauritania, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations in the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mauritanian ouguiya canonical | 3 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| redenominationDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| category | Economy of Mauritania ⓘ |
| centralBank | Central Bank of Mauritania ⓘ |
| country | Mauritania ⓘ |
| currencyOf |
Mauritania
ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
|
| dateOfIntroduction | 1973 ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknote
ⓘ
coin ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm | ouguiyas ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | MRU ⓘ |
| ISO4217CodeBeforeRedenomination | MRO ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Mauritania ⓘ |
| monetaryAuthority | Central Bank of Mauritania ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Arabic word "uqiyyah" (ounce) ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Mauritania ⓘ |
| redenominationFactor | 10 old ouguiya = 1 new ouguiya ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | West African CFA franc ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| subunit | khoums ⓘ |
| subunitToUnitRatio | 5 khoums = 1 ouguiya ⓘ |
| symbol |
UM
ⓘ
أوقية ⓘ |
| usedBy |
businesses in Mauritania
ⓘ
government of Mauritania ⓘ residents of Mauritania ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday transactions
ⓘ
financial operations ⓘ |
| usedInRegion | West Africa ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.