Mauritania

The regions of Mauritania and all communes of a population of 15,000 or more.

Regions

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Original	Capital	A (km2)	C 1977-01-01	C 1988-04-05	Cf 2000-11-01	P 2005-07-01
<	Adrar	ADR	Reg	ادرار	Atâr	215,300	55,354	61,043	69,542	71,500
<	Brakna	BRA	Reg	براكنة	Aleg	33,800	151,353	192,157	247,006	270,300
<	Dakhlet Nouâdhibou {Dakhlet Nouadhibou}	DNO	Reg	داخلت انواديبو	Nouâdhibou	22,300	23,526	63,030	79,516	104,000
<	El-'Açâba [Assaba] {El-Acaba}	ACA	Reg	العصابة	Kiffa	36,600	129,162	167,123	242,265	271,300
<	Gorgol	GOR	Reg	غورغول	Kaédi	13,600	149,432	184,359	242,711	268,700
<	Guidimaka	GUI	Reg	غيديماغا	Sélibaby	10,300	83,231	116,436	177,707	195,900
<	Hodh ech-Chargui	HCH	Reg	الحوض الغربى	Néma	182,700	156,721	212,203	281,600	320,400
<	Hodh el-Gharbi	HGH	Reg	الحوض الشرقى	'Ayoûn el-Atroûs	53,400	124,194	159,296	212,156	238,200
<	Inchiri	INC	Reg	انشيرى	Akjoujt	46,800	17,611	14,613	11,500	10,300
<	Nouakchott	NOU	CpDst	انواكشوط	Nouakchott	1,000	134,704	393,325	558,195	743,500
<	Tagant	TAG	Reg	تكانت	Tidjikdja	95,200	74,980	64,908	76,620	79,700
<	Tiris Zemmour	TZE	Reg	تيرس زمور	Zouérat	252,900	22,554	33,147	41,121	49,200
<	Trarza	TRA	Reg	اترارزه	Rosso	67,800	216,008	202,596	268,220	282,800
	Mauritania	MRT		موريتانيا	Nouakchott	1,030,700	1,338,830	1,864,236	2,508,159	2,905,700

Adrar

ADR

Reg

ادرار

Atâr

215,300

55,354

61,043

69,542

71,500

Brakna

BRA

Reg

براكنة

Aleg

33,800

151,353

192,157

247,006

270,300

Dakhlet Nouâdhibou {Dakhlet Nouadhibou}

DNO

Reg

داخلت انواديبو

Nouâdhibou

22,300

23,526

63,030

79,516

104,000

El-'Açâba [Assaba] {El-Acaba}

ACA

Reg

العصابة

Kiffa

36,600

129,162

167,123

242,265

271,300

Gorgol

GOR

Reg

غورغول

Kaédi

13,600

149,432

184,359

242,711

268,700

Guidimaka

GUI

Reg

غيديماغا

Sélibaby

10,300

83,231

116,436

177,707

195,900

Hodh ech-Chargui

HCH

Reg

الحوض الغربى

Néma

182,700

156,721

212,203

281,600

320,400

Hodh el-Gharbi

HGH

Reg

الحوض الشرقى

'Ayoûn el-Atroûs

53,400

124,194

159,296

212,156

238,200

Inchiri

INC

Reg

انشيرى

Akjoujt

46,800

17,611

14,613

11,500

10,300

Nouakchott

NOU

CpDst

انواكشوط

Nouakchott

1,000

134,704

393,325

558,195

743,500

Tagant

TAG

Reg

تكانت

Tidjikdja

95,200

74,980

64,908

76,620

79,700

Tiris Zemmour

TZE

Reg

تيرس زمور

Zouérat

252,900

22,554

33,147

41,121

49,200

Trarza

TRA

Reg

اترارزه

Rosso

67,800

216,008

202,596

268,220

282,800

Mauritania

MRT

موريتانيا

Nouakchott

1,030,700

1,338,830

1,864,236

2,508,159

2,905,700

(1977) UN Demographic Yearbook 1983.
(1988) UN Demographic Yearbook 1993.
(2000) (2005) Office National de la Statistique, Mauretanie (web).

Name

Adm.

M P 2005-07-01

743,500

94,700

Table of Communes

	Name	Adm.	M C 1977-01-01	M C 1988-04-05	M Cf 2000-11-01
<	Adel Bagrou	HCH	2,199	6,020	36,007
<	Akjoujt	INC	8,068	10,357	7,904
<	Aleg	BRA	5,143	9,635	12,898
<	Atâr {Atar}	ADR	16,394	21,366	24,021
<	'Ayoûn el-Atroûs {Ayoun el-Atrous}	HGH	8,528	12,445	11,867
	Bareine	TRA	...	...	22,041
<	Bogué {Bogue}	BRA	7,891	12,557	37,531
<	Boû Gâdoûm {Bou Gadoum}	HCH	...	...	29,045
<	Boû Steïlé (Boû Cṭaïla) {Bou Steile}	HCH	...	...	14,904
<	Boutilimit	TRA	7,263	14,545	22,257
<	Gouraye	GUI	...	...	18,073
<	Guérou {Guerou}	ACA	3,712	9,665	15,589
<	Hamoud	ACA	...	...	20,867
<	Kaédi {Kaedi}	GOR	20,356	30,515	34,227
<	Khabou	GUI	...	...	21,700
<	Kiffa	ACA	10,703	29,292	32,716
<	Legceïba (El Kseïba) {Legceiba}	GOR	...	...	14,908
<	Mâl {Mal}	BRA	...	...	20,488
	N'Beike {NBeike}	TAG	...	...	18,310
<	Néma {Nema}	HCH	7,949	15,747	13,759
<	Nouâdhibou {Nouadhibou}	DNO	22,365	59,198	72,337
<	Nouakchott	NOU	138,530	393,325	558,195
<	Rosso	TRA	15,888	27,783	48,922
	Sangrave	BRA	...	...	14,303
<	Sélibaby {Selibaby}	GUI	5,451	11,530	15,289
	Soudoud	TAG	...	...	16,392
<	Thiékane {Thiekane}	TRA	...	...	22,041
<	Tidjikdja	TAG	8,305	10,904	13,532
	Voum Legleite	GOR	...	...	15,700
<	Zouérat {Zouerat}	TZE	17,947	25,892	33,929

Adel Bagrou

2,199

6,020

36,007

Akjoujt

INC