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Mauritania (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 20 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 20.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -12.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Earliest inhabitants of region were blacks and Sanhadja Berbers; was center for Almoravid Berbers 11th century; Arabs invaded and Portuguese arrived 15th century; disputed by several European nations; under French control from 1817, part of French West Africa 1904; official language is Arabic, though French, Toucouleur, Fula, Sarakole, and Wolof are also spoken. |
Names: |
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| Mūrītānīyā (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Al Jumhūriyyah al Islāmiyyah al Mūrītāniyyah (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| Al Jumhúríyah al Islámíyah al Múrítáníyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| al-Jumhūrīyah al-Īslāmīyah al-Mūrītānīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Mauritanie (C,O,Vietnamese)
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| Mauritanie (French-P,U,N)
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| République islamique de Mauritanie (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Mauritania (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Mauritania (Ilocano)
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| Mauritania (Indonesian)
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| Mauritania (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Mauritania (Finnish)
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| Mauritania (Romanian)
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| Mauritania (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Mauritania (Basque)
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| Mauritania (Aragonese)
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| Mauritania (Asturian)
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| Mauritania (Albanian)
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| Mauritania (Galician)
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| Mauritania (Italian)
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| Mauritania (Sicilian)
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| Mauritania (Greenlandic)
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| Mauritania (Anglo-Saxon)
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| Mauritania (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Mauritania (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Mauritania (North Ndebele)
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| Mauritania (Norwegian)
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| Mauritania (Pampanga)
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| Mauritania (Shona)
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| Mauritania (Swahili (generic))
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| Mauritania (Ido)
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| Mauritania (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Islamic Republic of Mauritania (C,O,English,U,N)
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| República Islámica de Mauritania (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| La Mauritanie (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Mauritanië (C,O,Dutch)
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| Mauritanië (Afrikaans)
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| Mauretanien (C,O,Danish)
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| Mauretanien (Swedish)
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| Mauretanien (German)
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| Mauretanien (Low German)
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| Mauretania (C,O,Latin)
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| Mauretania (Polish)
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| Mauretania (Romansh)
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| Mauritânia (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Mauritanian Islamic Republic (C,O)
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| Мавритания (C,O,Tajik)
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| Мавритания (Bulgarian)
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| Мавритания (Russian-P,U)
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| Исламская Республика Мавритания (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 毛里塔尼亚 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 毛里塔尼亚伊斯兰共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| مور خًاه اَ (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً مور خًاه اَ الإسلام ةِ (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| MRT (C,O,ISO3L)
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| MR (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO478 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Mauritanian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Mauretanian (C,O)
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| מאוריטניה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Al Jumhūrīyah al Islāmīyah al Mūrītānīyah (C,U)
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| An Mharatáin (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| i-Mauritania (C,U,Zulu)
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| Maoritania (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Maouritania (C,U,Breton)
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| Máritanía (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Maritanya (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Maulitenia (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Mauretánia (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Mauretánie (C,U,Czech)
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| Mauretanija (C,U,Croatian)
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| Mauritaania (C,U,Estonian)
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| Mauritani (C,U,Albanian)
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| Mauritánia (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Mauritánia (Slovak)
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| Mauritània (C,U,Catalan)
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| Mauritània (Lombard)
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| Mauritània (Occitan)
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| Mauritania nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Mauritánie (C,U,Czech)
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| Mauritanija (C,U,Croatian)
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| Mauritanija (Bosnian)
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| Mauritanija (Lithuanian)
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| Mauritānija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Maŭritanio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Maŭritanujo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Mavretanija (C,U,Slovene)
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| Mavritaniya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Mawritania (C,U,Welsh)
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| Mawritanja (C,U,Maltese)
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| Mawulitenya (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Moritän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Moritani (C,U,Lingala)
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| Moritani (Cornish)
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| Moritani (Fulah)
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| Moritani (Luba-Katanga)
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| Mô-ri-ta-ni (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Móritania (C,U,Faroese)
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| Moritania (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Moritania (Swahili (generic))
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| Mô-ri-ta-ni-a (Mauritania) (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Môritanie (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Moritanïi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Moritaniya (C,U,Rundi)
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| Moritaniya (Hausa)
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| Moritanreye (C,U,Walloon)
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| Moritanya (C,U,Turkish)
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| Morîtanya (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Mouritanië (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Mɔretenia (C,U,Akan)
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| Mɔritani (C,U,Bambara)
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| Muritaaniya (C,U,Somali)
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| Muritani (C,U,Fulah)
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| Mūrītāniyā (C,U,Arabic)
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| Muritanya (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Orílẹ́ède Maritania (C,U,Yoruba)
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| République Islamique de Mauritanie (C,U)
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| République Islamique Mauritanienne (C,U)
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| Мавританія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| ມໍລິກທາເນຍ (C,U,Lao)
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| ሞሪታኒያ (C,U,Amharic)
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| मॉरिटानिया (C,U,Marathi)
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| मॉरिटानिया (Hindi)
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| Մավրիտանիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| მავრიტანია (C,U,Georgian)
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| ประเทศมอริเตเนีย (C,U,Thai)
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| Мауританија (C,U,Serbian)
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| ماۋرىتانىيە (C,U,Uyghur)
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| 모리타니 (C,U,Korean)
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| الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية (C,U,Arabic)
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| موريتانيا (C,U,Arabic)
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| モーリタニア (C,U,Japanese)
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| มอริเตเนีย (C,U,Thai)
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| ሞሪቴኒያ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ሞሪቴኒያ (Amharic)
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| Мавританија (C,U,Macedonian)
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| ម៉ូរីតានី (C,U,Khmer)
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| Μαυριτανία (C,U,Greek)
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| موریتانی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| மௌரிடானியா (C,U,Tamil)
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| మౌరిటేనియా (C,U,Telugu)
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| ماوریتانیا (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ମାଉରିଟାନିଆ (C,U,Odia)
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| മൗറിറ്റാനിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| माउरिटानिया (C,U,Nepali)
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| ಮಾರಿಟಾನಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
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| मोरीतानिया (C,U,Hindi)
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| મૌરિટાનિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
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| موریطانیہ (C,U,Urdu)
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| මාර්ටිනික් (C,U,Sinhala)
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| মরিতানিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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| モーリタニア・イスラム共和国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| མཽ་རི་ཏ་ནི་ཡ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| مۆریتانیا (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Маўрытанія (C,U,Belarusian)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1960 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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initially in French Community in 1958 |
| controlled region (H) |
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French, 1817-1960 |
| territory (H) |
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French, 1946-1958 |
| colony (H) |
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French, 1921-1946 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Nouakchott .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Mauritania) [1091308] |
| member of .... |
Arab League .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7000153] |
| member of .... |
French West Africa .......... (federation) |
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(World, Africa) [6002142] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1961 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2378080 |
| Al Jumhūrīyah al Islāmīyah al Mūrītānīyah.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 2378080 |
| Al Jumhūriyyah al Islāmiyyah al Mūrītāniyyah.......... |
[VP] |
| ....................................................................... |
UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 29 July 2013 |
| Mô-ri-ta-ni-a (Mauritania).......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2378080 |
| République islamique de Mauritanie.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
ISO Handbook (1988) 781 |
| République Islamique de Mauritanie.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2378080 |
| République Islamique Mauritanienne.......... |
[VP] |
| ........................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 2378080 |
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