Mauritania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania · موريتانيا
Mauritania (MR, MRT) is a country in Western Africa, with Nouakchott as its capital. The currency is the Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU, MRU). The international dialling code is +222; mobile numbers are written like 22 12 34 56. The time zone is Africa/Nouakchott. Official language: Arabic.
CurrencyMRUMRU
Dial code+222e.g. 22 12 34 56
Time zoneNouakchottUTC+00:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalNouakchott
Population4.3M1M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- Native name
- موريتانيا
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- MR
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- MRT
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 478
- IOC code
- MTN
- Demonym
- Mauritanian
- Capital
- Nouakchott
- Region
- Africa › Western Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .mr
- Coordinates
- 20, -12
- Area
- 1,030,700 km²
- Population
- 4,328,040
- GDP
- $30.4B ($7K per person)
- Literacy
- 58.6%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Mauritanian Ouguiya MRU
- Symbol
- MRU
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- ١٬٢٣٤٫٥٠ أ.م.
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Nouakchott | UTC+00:00 | none | Greenwich Mean Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +222
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 8 digits
- Emergency number
- 17 pattern 1[78]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 35 12 34 56 | +222 35 12 34 56 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
| Mobile | 22 12 34 56 | +222 22 12 34 56 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
| Toll free | 80 01 23 45 | +222 80 01 23 45 | XX XX XX XX | 8 |
Show the 1 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}) | [2-48] | $1 $2 $3 $4 | $1 $2 $3 $4 |
Address and postal code
No address data.
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
Number and date formats
As written by the Arabic (Mauritania) locale (ar-MR), amounts in MRU.
- Number
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
- Percent
- ٤٥٫٧٪
- Currency (MRU)
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ أ.م.
- Accounting
- -١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ أ.م.
- Currency, name
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ أوقية موريتانية
- Compact short
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Compact long
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Scientific
- ١٫٢٣٥أس٦
- Speed
- ٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
- Temperature
- ٢١٫٥°م
- Date, full
- الجمعة، ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Date, long
- ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Date, medium
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦
- Date, short
- ٢٧/٣/٢٠٢٦
- Time, medium
- ٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
- Time, short
- ٣:٠٤ م
- Date and time
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
- Month and year
- مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Weekday
- الجمعة
- Relative time
- أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
- List: and
- A وB وC
- List: or
- A أو B أو C