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Location of Mauritania: Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western

mauritania Sahara / 20 00 N, 12 00 W
Map references: Africa
Country name: Mauritania
Mauritania Area: total: 1,030,700 sq km
land: 1,030,400 sq km
water: 300 sq km
slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico
Land boundaries:
total: 5,074 km
border countries: Algeria 463 km, Mali 2,237 km, Senegal 813 km, Western Sahara 1,561 km
Coastline:
754 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Climate: desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty

Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara in 1976, but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA seized power in a coup in 1984 and ruled Mauritania with a heavy hand for over two decades. The country continues to experience ethnic tensions among its black population and White and Black Moor (Arab-Berber) communities, although the new government is attempting to ameliorate some of these tensions.

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