Concept information
Preferred term
Mauritania
Definition
- Mauritania is located on the Atlantic coast in North Africa, covering 1,030,700 square kilometers between Western Sahara and Senegal. Its population of 2.9 million people (July 2003 estimate) is mixed between Arab-Berber, who migrated from the north in the 3rd through 7th centuries, and indigenous black ethnic groups. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Mauritania]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Mauritania
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