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
Nouakchott Sud Nouakchott Sud1.425,000Arafat Arafat-
Nouakchott Nord Nouakchott Nord2.367,000Dar Naim Dar Naim61,089
Hodh Ech Chargi Hodh ech Chargui3.298,625Nema Néma60,000
Assaba Assaba4.285,142Kiffa Kiffa40,281
Gorgol Gorgol5.274,337Kaedi Kaédi55,374
Trarza Wilaya du Trarza6.269,946Rosso Rosso48,922
Brakna Brakna7.256,827Aleg Aleg15,211
Hodh El Gharbi Hodh El Gharbi8.243,246Aioun Aioun12,635
Guidimaka Guidimaka9.219,674Selibaby Sélibaby18,424
Nouakchott Ouest Nouakchott Ouest10.165,000Tevragh Zeina Tevragh Zeina48,093
Dakhlet Nouadhibou Dakhlet Nouadhibou11.80,181Nouadhibou Nouadhibou72,337
Tagant Tagant12.64,808Tidjikja Tidjikja10,906
Tiris Zemmour Tiris Zemmour13.63,306Zouerate Zouerate38,000
Adrar Adrar14.59,670Atar Atar24,021
Inchiri Inchiri15.11,500Akjoujt Akjoujt11,500