Mauritania: map, capital and facts

Mauritania is a country in Western Africa. Its capital is Nouakchott. Its official language is Arabic.

Mauritania covers about 1,030,700 km², making it the 28th-largest by area of the 194 countries in Warmer. Roughly 5.3 million people live there, the 123rd-most populous.

Mauritania shares land borders with 3 countries: Algeria, Mali and Senegal, and also with Western Sahara.

Where is Mauritania?

Mauritania is in Western Africa. Its centre lies at roughly 20°N, 12°W, in the Northern and Western hemispheres.

Mauritania is shown in yellow; numbers mark the neighbouring countries listed below.

Mauritania facts

Countries that border Mauritania

1. Algeria, capital Algiers
2. Mali, capital Bamako
3. Senegal, capital Dakar

Mauritania also borders Western Sahara, which is not among the countries in the game.

Other countries near Mauritania

Measured as the straight-line distance between the countries' centres.

• Gambia, about 870 km
• Guinea-Bissau, about 950 km
• Guinea, about 1,020 km
• Sierra Leone, about 1,280 km
• Burkina Faso, about 1,320 km

Guess Mauritania in Warmer

In Warmer, you guess a mystery country and the globe runs warmer as you close in. Every guess also shows clue tiles, and the facts above are exactly what they compare. If Mauritania were the answer, guessing it would show:

• Continent: Africa
• Subregion: Western Africa
• Hemisphere: Northern
• Landlocked: No
• Area: 1,030,700 km²

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More countries in Western Africa

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

Country data from mledoze/countries, boundaries from Natural Earth (public domain). Population figures are approximate. All countries.