Regions of Mauritania

Mauritania is divided into 15 regions (Template:Transliteration): Template:Stack

Regions

Map key	Name	Native name	Capital	Area	Population (Template:As of)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1	Adrar	Template:Lang	Atar	Template:Convert	71,623
2	Assaba	Template:Lang	Kiffa	Template:Convert	451,804
3	Brakna	Template:Lang	Aleg	Template:Convert	391,310
4	Dakhlet Nouadhibou	Template:Lang	Nouadhibou	Template:Convert	184,459
5	Gorgol	Template:Lang	Kaédi	Template:Convert	442,490
6	Guidimaka	Template:Lang	Sélibaby	Template:Convert	363,075
7	Hodh Ech Chargui	Template:Lang	Néma	Template:Convert	625,643
8	Hodh El Gharbi	Template:Lang	Ayoun el Atrous	Template:Convert	403,091
9	Inchiri	Template:Lang	Akjoujt	Template:Convert	29,484
10	Nouakchott-Nord	Template:Lang	Dar-Naim	Template:Convert	614,465<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
	Nouakchott-Ouest	Template:Lang	Tevragh-Zeina	Template:Convert	204,881<ref name=":0" />
	Nouakchott-Sud	Template:Lang	Arafat	Template:Convert	627,415<ref name=":0" />
11	Tagant	Template:Lang	Tidjikja	Template:Convert	114,760
12	Tiris Zemmour	Template:Lang	Zouérat	Template:Convert	79,129
13	Trarza	Template:Lang	Rosso	Template:Convert	323,903

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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

See also

• ISO 3166-2:MR