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 |
Nouakchott Sud Nouakchott Sud | 1. | 425,000 | Arafat Arafat | - |
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 |
Assaba Assaba | 4. | 285,142 | Kiffa Kiffa | 40,281 |
Gorgol Gorgol | 5. | 274,337 | Kaedi Kaédi | 55,374 |
Trarza Wilaya du Trarza | 6. | 269,946 | Rosso Rosso | 48,922 |
Brakna Brakna | 7. | 256,827 | Aleg Aleg | 15,211 |
Hodh El Gharbi Hodh El Gharbi | 8. | 243,246 | Aioun Aioun | 12,635 |
Guidimaka Guidimaka | 9. | 219,674 | Selibaby Sélibaby | 18,424 |
Nouakchott Ouest Nouakchott Ouest | 10. | 165,000 | Tevragh Zeina Tevragh Zeina | 48,093 |
Dakhlet Nouadhibou Dakhlet Nouadhibou | 11. | 80,181 | Nouadhibou Nouadhibou | 72,337 |
Tagant Tagant | 12. | 64,808 | Tidjikja Tidjikja | 10,906 |
Tiris Zemmour Tiris Zemmour | 13. | 63,306 | Zouerate Zouerate | 38,000 |
Adrar Adrar | 14. | 59,670 | Atar Atar | 24,021 |
Inchiri Inchiri | 15. | 11,500 | Akjoujt Akjoujt | 11,500 |