Mauritania 毛里塔尼亚
（重定向自Islamic Republic of Mauritania）
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![The Dutch trading post of Arguin in 1665](/Images/godic/202501/21/AMH-6743-NA_View_of_Arguin_castle1733.jpg")
![Nouakchott is the capital and the largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahara.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Central_mosque_in_Nouakchott1733.jpg")
![Chinguetti was a center of Islamic scholarship in West Africa.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Chinguetti-Guide1733.JPG")
Mauritania /mɔːrɪˈteɪniə/ (Arabic:موريتانيا Mūrītānyā; Berber: Muritanya or Agawej; Wolof:Gànnaar; Soninke: Murutaane; Pulaar: Moritani), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in the Maghreb region of western North Africa. It is the eleventh largest country in Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Morocco and the remnants of Western Sahara in the north, Algeria in the northeast, Mali in the east and southeast, and Senegal in the southwest.