Regions of Mauritania

Regions of Mauritania

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Politics of MauritaniaMauritania is divided into 12 regions (capitals in parentheses) and one capital district:

#Adrar (Atar)
#Assaba (Kiffa)
#Brakna (Aleg)
#Dakhlet Nouadhibou (Nouadhibou)
#Gorgol (Kaédi)
#Guidimaka (Sélibaby)
#Hodh Ech Chargui (Néma)
#Hodh El Gharbi (Aioun el Atrouss)
#Inchiri (Akjoujt)
#Nouakchott (national capital)
#Tagant (Tidjikdja)
#Tiris Zemmour (Zouérate)
#Trarza (Rosso)

During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975-79), its portion of the territory (roughly corresponding to the lower half of Rio de Oro province) was named Tiris al-Gharbiyya.

The regions are subdivided into 44 departments; please see departments of Mauritania for further detail.


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