  Mauritania
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| Mauritania is venturing through towns blanketed in sand, crossing moon-like plateaus, taking camel treks across dunes, travelling the longest, dustiest train in the world and gazing at ancient Saharan architecture. One thousand-mile stare coming up. |
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| Capital: Nouakchott |
| Official languages: French, Arabic |
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| Government:Parliamentary republic |
| President:Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi |
| Vice President:Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef |
| Independence:November 28, 1960, France |
| Population:3,069,000 |
| Currency:Ouguiya (MRO) |
| Description:Mauritania is venturing through towns blanketed in sand, crossing moon-like plateaus, taking camel treks across dunes, travelling the longest, dustiest train in the world and gazing at ancient Saharan architecture. One thousand-mile stare coming up. |
| Location:Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara |
| Area:1 030 700 sq_km |
| Natural Resource iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil, fish |
| Internet Code:.mr |
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