Mauritania is divided into 12 regions (capitals in parentheses): Adrar (Atar) Assaba (Kifa) Brakna (Aleg) Dakhlet Nouadhibou (Nouadhibou) Gorgol (Kaédi) Guidimaka (Sélibaby) Hodh Ech Chargui (Néma) Hodh El Gharbi (Ayoun el Atrous) Inchiri (Akjoujt) Tagant (Tidjikdja) Tiris Zemmour (F'dérik) Trarza (Rosso) The national capital, Nou ...

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From the 3rd to 7th centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke. The Bafours were primarily agriculturalist, among the first Saharan people to abandon their historically nomadic lifestyle. With the gradual desiccation of the Sahara, they headed South. Following them came a migration of not only Central Saharans into West Africa, but Berbers and Arabs as well. By the Eleventh Century AD, the once small Bafour people had g ...

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Atar (Arabic: أطار) is a town in north western Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. It is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674. Other related archives1674, Adrar, Adrar Plateau, Arabic, Mauritania, airport, mosque, museum

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Geography of Mauritania - Natural resources. iron ore, gypsum, fish, copper, phosphate, petroleum Geography of Mauritania - Land use. arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 38% forests and woodland: 4% other: 58% (1993 est.) Geography ...

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Geography of Mauritania - Area. total: 1,030,700 km² land: 1,030,400 km² water: 300 km² Geography of Mauritania - Land boundaries. total: 5,074 km border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km Geography of Mauritania - Coastline. 754 km < ...

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Geography of Mauritania - Natural hazards. hot, dry, dust/sand-laden sirocco wind blows primarily in March and April; periodic droughts Geography of Mauritania - Environment - current issues. overgrazing, deforestation, and soil erosion aggravated by drought are contributing to desertification; very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Senegal which is the only perennial river Geogra ...

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In the Zoroastrian faith, Atar is the son of Ahura Mazda. He battles Azhi Dahaka, the great dragon of the sky. Atar is conceived of as a spirit of fire, and his name meant "fire" in Avestan (<PIE *ater-, "fire, black, scorched"). Other related archivesAfrica, Ahura Mazda, Atar, Mauritania, Azhi Dahaka, PIE, Zoroastrian, city, faith, fire

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The term Wala can refer to: Wala (goddess), a sun goddess in Australian Aboriginal mythology Waalo, an empire of Senegal and Mauritania between the 13th and 19th centuries Wala (volcano), a volcano in Papua New Guinea Wala (name), In India, the suffix -wala (or -wallah) indicates a person involved in some kind of activity; see for example the articles on Dabbawala and Auto-wallah. Wala, the Old High German word for a völ ...

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Brak (or Braque) was the title of the kings of the kingdoms of Waalo (or Oualo) and Biffeche on the Senegal River in Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa until the 19th Century. The main Brak was the king of the Kingdom of Waalo with capital at Diourbel north of the river, and later at Nder on the west shore of Lac de Guiers. The 'Petit Brak' was the king or seigneur of the Kingdom of Biffeche, with his capital compound at Maka on th ...

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The following countries have a special administrative district for their capital cities: Argentina - Distrito Federal Australia - Australian Capital Territory Brazil - Distrito Federal Mali - Bamako Capital District Mauritania - Nouakchott Mexico - Distrito Federal Nigeria - Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria United Kingdom - Greater London United States - District of Columbia In addition, the area around Albany, New York is called the "Capital District" ...

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24 - Events. June Battle of Kunyang, After being sieged for 2 months, 9000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops, ushering in the fall of Wang Mang and restoration of Han Dynasty. Roman war against Numidia and Mauritania ends. End of the Masinissa line of the rulers of Carthage. Servius Cornelius Cethegus and Lucius Visellius Varro become consuls Charmides becomes Archon of Athens Ascension of King Yuri to the Silla throne Including:

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Chinguetti (Arabic: شنقيط) is a ksour or ancient trading centre in northern Mauritania, lying on the Adrar Plateau east of Atar. Founded in the 13th century, as the center of several trans-Saharan trade routes, this small threatened city continues to attract visitors who admire its spare architecture, exotic scenery and its ancient libraries. The indigenous Saharan architecture of older sectors of the city feature stone and mud-brick houses with patios crowding along narrow streets around a neighborhood mosque with ...

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A wilayah (Arabic ولاية) is an administrative subdivision. It is usually translated as province. The word comes from the Arabic language. Wilayah - Use in specific countries. Wilayah - Arabic. For Morocco which is divided into provinces and wilayas this translation would cause the distinction to cease. For Sudan the term state, and for Mauritania the term region is used. For the United States the term wilayah relates to a member state. See ...

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The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Arabic: الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية) , or Algeria (Arabic: الجزائر), is a presidential state in north Africa, and the second largest country on the African continent, Sudan being the largest. It is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, and Morocco as well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, Western Sahara, in the west. Constit ...

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The Kingdom of Waalo (Oualo) was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa, in what are now Senegal and Mauritania. It included parts of the valley proper and areas north and south, extending to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north were Moorish Emirates; to the south was the Kingdom of Cayor; to the east was Jolof (Diolof). Waalo had a complicated political and social system, which has a continuing influence on Wolof culture in Senegal today, especially its highly formalized and rigid caste system. The kingdom was ...

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The climate has altered drastically since the onset of the prolonged drought in the 1960s, part of a recurrent pattern of wet and dry cycles common to Sahelian Africa. Experts agree, however, that overgrazing, deforestation, denuding of ground cover around wells, poor farming methods, and overpopulation have aggravated the drought. In Mauritania the isohyet indicating annual rainfall of 150 millimeters--considered the minimum for pastoralism--has shifted southward about 100 kilometers to a point well south of Nouakchott. During the 1980s, th ...

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History of Mauritania - June 2003 Coup. On June 8, 2003 a failed coup attempt was made against President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya by forces unhappy with his imprisonment of Islamic leaders in the wake of the US-led invasion of Iraq and his establishment of full diplomatic relations with Israel. The coup was suppressed after one day of fighting in the capital when pro-Taya military forces arrived from the countryside. A number of government officials were detained after the coup including the head of the Suprem ...

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French colonization at the beginning of the 20th century brought legal prohibitions against slavery, though at the end of the 20th century rural slavery persisted, and an end to interclan warfare. During the colonial period, the population remained nomadic, but sedentary black Africans, whose ancestors had been expelled centuries earlier by the Moors, began to trickle back into southern Mauritania. As the country gained independence on November 28, 1960, the capital city Nouakchott was founded at the site of a small colonial village, the Ksa ...

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Mauritania has four ecological zones: the Saharan Zone, the Sahelian Zone, the Senegal River Valley, and the Coastal Zone. Although the zones are markedly different from one another, no natural features clearly delineate the boundaries between them. Sand, varying in color and composition, covers 40 percent of the surface of the country, forming dunes that appear in all zones except the Senegal River Valley. Fixed sand dunes are composed of coarse, fawn-colored sand, while shifting ("mobile") dunes consist of fine, dustlike, reddish-colored s ...

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