Regions in Mauritania

Mauritania is made up of 15 primary administrative regions. Have a closer look at the regions in Mauritania. Information on all primary administrative regions in Mauritania.

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Primary administrative regions in Mauritania

There are 15 regions in Mauritania in the primary administrative level.
Primary administrative regions in Mauritania
RegionNoPopulationCapitalCapital population
Dakhlet Nouadhibou Dakhlet Nouadhibou1.80,181Nouadhibou Nouadhibou72,337
Nouakchott Nord Nouakchott Nord2.367,000Dar Naim Dar Naim61,089
Hodh Ech Chargi Hodh ech Chargui3.298,625Nema Néma60,000
Gorgol Gorgol4.274,337Kaedi Kaédi55,374
Trarza Wilaya du Trarza5.269,946Rosso Rosso48,922
Nouakchott Ouest Nouakchott Ouest6.165,000Tevragh Zeina Tevragh Zeina48,093
Assaba Assaba7.285,142Kiffa Kiffa40,281
Tiris Zemmour Tiris Zemmour8.63,306Zouerate Zouerate38,000
Adrar Adrar9.59,670Atar Atar24,021
Guidimaka Guidimaka10.219,674Selibaby Sélibaby18,424
Brakna Brakna11.256,827Aleg Aleg15,211
Hodh El Gharbi Hodh El Gharbi12.243,246Aioun Aioun12,635
Inchiri Inchiri13.11,500Akjoujt Akjoujt11,500
Tagant Tagant14.64,808Tidjikja Tidjikja10,906
Nouakchott Sud Nouakchott Sud15.425,000Arafat Arafat-