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:Regions of Mauritania

{{Short description|First-level administrative divisions of Mauritania}}

{{Infobox subdivision type

| name = Regions of Mauritania

| map = {{Regions of Mauritania Image Map}}

| category = Region

| territory = {{flag|Mauritania}}

| upper_unit =

|area_range={{cvt|156|-|252,900|km2}}

|population_range=19,639–430,668

| current_number = 15

| number_date = 2023

}}{{Politics of Mauritania}}

Mauritania is divided into 15 regions ({{Transliteration|ar|wilayat}}):

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class="wikitable sortable"

|+Regions

Map key

!Name

!Native name

!Capital

!Area

!Population ({{as of|2023|alt=2023}}){{Cite web |title=Mauritania: Regions, Cities & Urban Localites - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/mauritania/cities/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

1

|Adrar

|{{lang|ar|أدرار}}

|Atar

|{{convert|235,000|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|71,623

2

|Assaba

|{{lang|ar|لعصابة}}

|Kiffa

|{{convert|36,600|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|451,804

3

|Brakna

|{{lang|ar|لبراكنة}}

|Aleg

|{{convert|33,000|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|391,310

4

|Dakhlet Nouadhibou

|{{lang|ar|داخلة نواذيبو}}

|Nouadhibou

|{{convert|23,090|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|184,459

5

|Gorgol

|{{lang|ar|كوركول}}

|Kaédi

|{{convert|13,600|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|442,490

6

|Guidimaka

|{{lang|ar|غيديماغا}}

|Sélibaby

|{{convert|10,300|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|363,075

7

|Hodh Ech Chargui

|{{lang|ar|الحوض الشرقي}}

|Néma

|{{convert|182,700|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|625,643

8

|Hodh El Gharbi

|{{lang|ar|الحوض الغربي}}

|Ayoun el Atrous

|{{convert|53,400|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|403,091

9

|Inchiri

|{{lang|ar|إينشيري}}

|Akjoujt

|{{convert|46,800|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|29,484

rowspan="3" |10

|Nouakchott-Nord

|{{lang|ar|نواكشوط الشمالية}}

|Dar-Naim

|{{convert|306|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|614,465{{Cite web |title=Nouakchott (Capital City, Mauritania) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/mauritania/admin/13__nouakchott/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}

Nouakchott-Ouest

|{{lang|ar|نواكشوط الغربية}}

|Tevragh-Zeina

|{{convert|146|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|204,881

Nouakchott-Sud

|{{lang|ar|نواكشوط الجنوبية}}

|Arafat

|{{convert|252|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|627,415

11

|Tagant

|{{lang|ar|تكانت}}

|Tidjikja

|{{convert|98,340|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|114,760

12

|Tiris Zemmour

|{{lang|ar|تيرس زمور}}

|Zouérat

|{{convert|252,900|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on

}

|79,129

|-

|13

|Trarza

|{{lang|ar|الترارزه}}

|Rosso

|{{convert|67,800|km2|abbr=on|sortable=on}}

|323,903

|-

|}

During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (mainly corresponding to the lower half of Río de Oro province) was named Tiris al-Gharbiyya.{{Cite news |date=1976-04-16 |title=Le Maroc et la Mauritanie délimitent leur frontière au Sahara occidental |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1976/04/16/le-maroc-et-la-mauritanie-delimitent-leur-frontiere-au-sahara-occidental_2970185_1819218.html |access-date=2024-02-18 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}

The regions (wilaya) are subdivided into 44 departments; see departments of Mauritania for more information.

See also

References

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{{Regions of Mauritania}}

{{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of African countries}}

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