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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1	Adrar	lang}}	Atar	Template:Convert	71,623
2	Assaba	lang}}	Kiffa	Template:Convert	451,804
3	Brakna	lang}}	Aleg	Template:Convert	391,310
4	Dakhlet Nouadhibou	lang}}	Nouadhibou	Template:Convert	184,459
5	Gorgol	lang}}	Kaédi	Template:Convert	442,490
6	Guidimaka	lang}}	Sélibaby	Template:Convert	363,075
7	Hodh Ech Chargui	lang}}	Néma	Template:Convert	625,643
8	Hodh El Gharbi	lang}}	Ayoun el Atrous	Template:Convert	403,091
9	Inchiri	lang}}	Akjoujt	Template:Convert	29,484
10	Nouakchott-Nord	lang}}	Dar-Naim	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Nouakchott-Ouest	lang}}	Tevragh-Zeina	Template:Convert	204,881<ref name=":0" />
	Nouakchott-Sud	lang}}	Arafat	Template:Convert	627,415<ref name=":0" />
11	Tagant	lang}}	Tidjikja	Template:Convert	114,760
12	Tiris Zemmour	lang}}	Zouérat	Template:Convert	79,129
13	Trarza	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