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Mauritania

Capital city — Nouakchott

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Panorama

Introduction

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Country population

4,403,310

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2018
/ World Bank

Type of government

Islamic Republic

Human Development Index

0.527

(161/188)

i
2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report

Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)

11

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2016
/ WHO, World Health Organization