Mauritania is divided into 12 regions (régions) called wilayah and one capital district in Nouakchott, which in turn are subdivided into 44 departments (moughataa).
There are 216 communes of Mauritania.
The regions and capital district (in alphabetical order) and their capitals are:
| Region |
Capital |
| Adrar |
Atar |
| Assaba |
Kifa |
| Brakna |
Aleg |
| Dakhlet Nouadhibou |
Nouadhibou |
| Gorgol |
Kaédi |
| Guidimaka |
Sélibaby |
| Hodh Ech Chargui |
Néma |
| Hodh El Gharbi |
Ayoun el Atrous |
| Inchiri |
Akjoujt |
| Nouakchott (capital district) |
| Tagant |
Tidjikdja |
| Tiris Zemmour |
F'dérik |
| Trarza |
Rosso |
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Subdivisions of Africa
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| Sovereign states |
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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States with limited
recognition
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- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
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Dependencies and
other territories
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- Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía
- Madeira
- Mayotte / Réunion
- Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha
- Western Sahara
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