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Country info
| Continent: | Africa |
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| Country code: | MR |
| Phone code: | +222 |
| Top level domain: | .mr |
| Capital: | Nouakchott |
| Latitude: | 21.00789 |
| Longitude: | -10.940835 |
| More information: | Wikipedia |
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwestern Africa. It is the eleventh largest country in Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara in the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mali in the east and southeast, and Senegal in the southwest.
About 20% of Mauritanians live on less than US$1.25 per day. Mauritania suffers from several human rights issues, including slavery, as at least 4% of the population (155,600 people) are enslaved. Mauritania was the last country to legally abolish slavery; it only became punishable as a criminal act in 2007.
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