Mauritania
Country statistics
Land area: 397,837 sq miles (1,030,400 sq km)
Total area: 397, 953 sq miles (1,030,700 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 3,205,060 (growth rate: 2.4%); birth rate: 33.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 61.9/1000; life expectancy: 60.7; density per sq km: 3
Capital City: Nouakchott
Monetary unit: Ouguiya
Languages: Hassaniya Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke, French, Wolof
Ethnicity/race: mixed Maur/black 40%, Maur 30%, black 30%
Religions: Islam 100%
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