Mauritania: Regions, Major Cities & Urban Communes - Statistics & Maps on City Population

Regions

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Original	Capital	A (km²)	C 1977-01-01	C 1988-04-05	Cf 2000-11-01	P 2008-07-01
<	Adrar	ADR	Reg	ادرار	Atâr	215,300	55,354	61,043	69,542	73,900
<	Brakna	BRA	Reg	براكنة	Aleg	33,800	151,353	192,157	247,006	288,700
<	Dakhlet Nouâdhibou {Dakhlet Nouadhibou}	DNO	Reg	داخلت انواديبو	Nouâdhibou	22,300	23,526	63,030	79,516	118,200
<	El-'Açâba [Assaba] {El-Acaba}	ACA	Reg	العصابة	Kiffa	36,600	129,162	167,123	242,265	291,700
<	Gorgol	GOR	Reg	غورغول	Kaédi	13,600	149,432	184,359	242,711	288,500
<	Guidimaka	GUI	Reg	غيديماغا	Sélibaby	10,300	83,231	116,436	177,707	209,400
<	Hodh ech-Chargui	HCH	Reg	الحوض الغربى	Néma	182,700	156,721	212,203	281,600	345,300
<	Hodh el-Gharbi	HGH	Reg	الحوض الشرقى	'Ayoûn el-Atroûs	53,400	124,194	159,296	212,156	255,800
<	Inchiri	INC	Reg	انشيرى	Akjoujt	46,800	17,611	14,613	11,500	9,940
<	Nouakchott	NOU	CpDst	انواكشوط	Nouakchott	1,000	134,704	393,325	558,195	846,900
<	Tagant	TAG	Reg	تكانت	Tidjikdja	95,200	74,980	64,908	76,620	82,900
<	Tiris Zemmour	TZE	Reg	تيرس زمور	Zouérat	252,900	22,554	33,147	41,121	54,100
<	Trarza	TRA	Reg	اترارزه	Rosso	67,800	216,008	202,596	268,220	297,000
	Mauritania	MRT		موريتانيا	Nouakchott	1,030,700	1,338,830	1,864,236	2,508,159	3,162,300

(1977) UN Demographic Yearbook 1983.
(1988) UN Demographic Yearbook 1993.
(2000) (2008) Office National de la Statistique, Mauretanie (web).

	Name	Adm.	M P 2008-07-01
1	Nouakchott	NOU	846,900
2	Nouâdhibou	DNO	107,500

	Name	Status	Adm.	M C 1977-01-01	M C 1988-04-05	M Cf 2000-11-01
<	Adel Bagrou	UCom	HCH	2,199	6,020	36,007
<	Akjoujt	UCom	INC	8,068	10,357	7,904
<	Aleg	UCom	BRA	5,143	9,635	12,898
<	Atâr {Atar}	UCom	ADR	16,394	21,366	24,021
<	'Ayoûn el-Atroûs {Ayoun el-Atrous}	UCom	HGH	8,528	12,445	11,867
<	Bababé {Bababe}	UCom	BRA	3,219	5,419	11,802
<	Bogué {Bogue}	UCom	BRA	7,891	12,557	37,531
<	Boû Gâdoûm {Bou Gadoum}	UCom	HCH	...	...	29,045
<	Boû Steïlé (Boû Cṭaïla) {Bou Steile}	UCom	HCH	...	...	14,904
<	Boutilimit	UCom	TRA	7,263	14,545	22,257
<	Gouraye	UCom	GUI	...	...	18,073
<	Guérou {Guerou}	UCom	ACA	3,712	9,665	15,589
<	Hamoud	UCom	ACA	...	...	20,867
<	Kaédi {Kaedi}	UCom	GOR	20,356	30,515	34,227
<	Khabou	UCom	GUI	...	...	21,700
<	Kiffa	City	ACA	10,703	29,292	32,716
<	Legceïba (El Kseïba) {Legceiba}	UCom	GOR	...	...	14,908
<	Magta-Lahjar	UCom	BRA	3,821	9,972	12,117
<	Mâl {Mal}	UCom	BRA	...	...	20,488
<	Mbout	UCom	GOR	4,467	5,309	8,899
<	N'Beike {NBeike}	UCom	TAG	...	...	18,310
<	Néma {Nema}	UCom	HCH	7,949	15,747	13,759
<	Nouâdhibou {Nouadhibou}	City	DNO	22,365	59,198	72,337
<	Nouakchott	City	NOU	138,530	393,325	558,195
<	Rosso	City	TRA	15,888	27,783	48,922
<	Sélibaby {Selibaby}	UCom	GUI	5,451	11,530	15,289
	Soudoud	UCom	TAG	...	...	16,392
<	Thiékane {Thiekane}	UCom	TRA	...	...	22,041
<	Tidjikdja	UCom	TAG	8,305	10,904	13,532
<	Timbedhga	UCom	HCH	5,384	10,399	11,390
<	Tinṭâne {Tintane}	UCom	HGH	2,467	7,030	9,938
<	Zouérat {Zouerat}	City	TZE	17,947	25,892	33,929

(2000) Office National de la Statistique, Mauretanie (web).
Note: In general, one commune consists of several settlements.