Location: - Located in West Africa on the Atlantic coast, bordered on the north of the Western Sahara, Algeria, Senegal, from the south, and financial support from the east and south.
Geography: - terrain in Mauritania consists mainly of plateaus and plains, Total Area: - 1,030,700 sq km land area: - 1,030,700, an area of water: 0.
Capital: Nouakchott.
Industries: - the diversity of its mineral wealth of iron, copper, gypsum, phosphate and other, Mauritania is one of the important countries in the field of maritime fishing.
Language: - English is the official language by the Mauritanian constitution, although French is the dominant language in government circles, few English-proliferation. Spanish is less widespread than that, Hassaniya, Pulaar, Soninke, Alolovih, tone Aznak, Albembaria.
Population: - 3,359,185 people (2012).
Labor force: - 1,318 million (2007).
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$ 7.115 billion (according to Statistics 2011)
$ 6.845 billion (according to Statistics 2010)
$ 6.513 billion (according to Statistics 2009)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$ 4.131 billion (according to Statistics 2011)
GDP - real growth rate:
4% (by Statistics 2011)
5.1% (according to Statistics 2010)
-1.2% (According to Statistics 2009)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$ 2,000 (according to Statistics 2011)
$ 2,000 (according to Statistics 2010)
$ 1,900 (according to Statistics 2009)
Budget:
Revenue: $ 1.37 billion (according to Statistics 2011)
Expenditures: $ 1.423 billion (according to Statistics 2011)
Exports:
2.799 billion dollars (according to Statistics 2011)
2.041 billion dollars (according to Statistics 2010)
Imports:
$ 2.854 billion (according to Statistics 2011)
$ 2.038 billion (according to Statistics 2010)
Debt - external:
$ 2.816 billion (according to statistics December 31, 2011)
$ 2.351 billion (according to statistics December 31, 2010)
Military expenditures:
5.5% of GDP (according to 2006 statistics)
Note: figures are in US dollars
Airports: 28
Airports - with paved runways: 10
From 2.438 to 3.047 m: 5
From 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5
Airports - with unpaved runways: 18
From 2.438 to 3.047 m: 1
From 1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
From 914 to 1,523 m: 8
Under 914 m: 2