La République Islamique de Mauritanie est un pays d'Afrique du nord-ouest. Elle possède une importante côte donnant sur l'océan Atlantique, entre l'Algérie et le Sahara occidental (aujourd'hui annexé par le Maroc) au nord, le Mali à l'est, et le Sénégal au sud.La Mauritanie constitue un point de passage entre l´Afrique du nord et l´Afrique noire.
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 south-west, by ► Mali on the east and south-east, by ► Algeria on the north-east, and by ► Moroccan-annexed territory of ► Western Sahara on the north-west. It is named after the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Mauritania, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Mauritania.
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