Regions of Mauritania

Mauritania is divided into 15 regions ():

+RegionsMap keyNameNative nameCapitalAreaPopulation ()1Adrar Atar71,6232Assaba Kiffa451,8043Brakna Aleg391,3104Dakhlet NouadhibouNouadhibou184,4595GorgolKaédi442,4906Guidimaka Sélibaby363,0757Hodh Ech Chargui Néma625,6438Hodh El Gharbi Ayoun el Atrous403,0919Inchiri Akjoujt29,48410Nouakchott-NordDar-Naim614,465Nouakchott-OuestTevragh-Zeina204,881Nouakchott-SudArafat627,41511Tagant Tidjikja114,76012Tiris Zemmour Zouérat79,12913Trarza Rosso323,903

During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (mainly corresponding to the lower half of Río de Oro province) was named Tiris al-Gharbiyya.

The regions (wilaya) are subdivided into 44 departments; see departments of Mauritania for more information.

See also ISO 3166-2:MR

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