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Coordinates: 18°09′00″N 15°58′01″W 18.15, -15.967

Mauritania

Mauritania (Arabic Mrtniy), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest. It is named after the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.The civilian government of Mauritania was overthrown on 6 August 2008, in a military coup d'tat led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. On April 16, 2009, General Aziz resigned from the military to run for president in the upcoming June elections.[1]

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