Regions in Mauritania
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You can sort the regions in Mauritania alphabeticallyby population by capitals of the regionsby capitals population
Primary administrative regions in Mauritania
There are 15 regions in Mauritania in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Dakhlet Nouadhibou Dakhlet Nouadhibou | 1. | 80,181 | Nouadhibou Nouadhibou | 72,337 |
Nouakchott Nord Nouakchott Nord | 2. | 367,000 | Dar Naim Dar Naim | 61,089 |
Hodh Ech Chargi Hodh ech Chargui | 3. | 298,625 | Nema Néma | 60,000 |
Gorgol Gorgol | 4. | 274,337 | Kaedi Kaédi | 55,374 |
Trarza Wilaya du Trarza | 5. | 269,946 | Rosso Rosso | 48,922 |
Nouakchott Ouest Nouakchott Ouest | 6. | 165,000 | Tevragh Zeina Tevragh Zeina | 48,093 |
Assaba Assaba | 7. | 285,142 | Kiffa Kiffa | 40,281 |
Tiris Zemmour Tiris Zemmour | 8. | 63,306 | Zouerate Zouerate | 38,000 |
Adrar Adrar | 9. | 59,670 | Atar Atar | 24,021 |
Guidimaka Guidimaka | 10. | 219,674 | Selibaby Sélibaby | 18,424 |
Brakna Brakna | 11. | 256,827 | Aleg Aleg | 15,211 |
Hodh El Gharbi Hodh El Gharbi | 12. | 243,246 | Aioun Aioun | 12,635 |
Inchiri Inchiri | 13. | 11,500 | Akjoujt Akjoujt | 11,500 |
Tagant Tagant | 14. | 64,808 | Tidjikja Tidjikja | 10,906 |
Nouakchott Sud Nouakchott Sud | 15. | 425,000 | Arafat Arafat | - |