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Regions of Mauritania Mauritania is divided into 15 regions: During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975–79), its portion of the territory (roughly corresponding to the lower half of Río de Oro province) was named Tiris al-Gharbiyya. The regions ...

are subdivided into 44 departments. The departments are listed below, by region:MAURITANIA: Administrative Division Departments and Communes
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Adrar Region Adrar ( ar, ولاية أدرار) is a large administrative region in Mauritania, named for the Adrar Plateau. The capital is Atar. Other major towns include Choum, Chinguetti and Ouadane. The region borders Western Sahara and the Mauritania ...

* Atar Department * Chinguetti Department * Oujeft Department * Ouadane Department

Assaba Region Assaba ( ar, ولاية العصابة) is a Regions of Mauritania, region in southern Mauritania, covering an area of 36,600 square km. It had a population of 325,897 at the 2013 Census. Its capital is Kiffa, Kifa. Other major cities/towns inclu ...

* Aftout Department * Boumdeid Department * Guerou Department * Kankossa Department * Kiffa Department

Brakna Region Brakna ( ar, ولاية البراكنة) is a region in south-west Mauritania. Its capital is Aleg. Other major cities/towns include Boghé. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Tagant to the north-east, Assaba and Gorgol to the sout ...

Aleg Department Aleg is a department of Brakna Region in Mauritania. List of municipalities in the department The Aleg department is made up of following municipalities: * Aghchorguitt * Aleg * Bouhdida Bouhdida is a town and commune in the Brakna Regi ...

Bababe Department Bababe is a department of Brakna Region Brakna ( ar, ولاية البراكنة) is a region in south-west Mauritania. Its capital is Aleg. Other major cities/towns include Boghé. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Tagant to th ...

* Bogué Department *

M'Bagne Department M'Bagne is a department of Brakna Region in Mauritania. It includes the cities of M'Bagne, Niabina Niabina is a town and commune in the Brakna Region of southern Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie ...

Magtar Lahjar Department Magtar Lahjar is a department of Brakna Region in Mauritania. List of municipalities in the department The Magtar Lahjar department is made up of following municipalities: * Djonaba * Magta-Lahjar * Ouad Emour * Sangrave Sangrave is a ...

Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region ( ar, ولاية داخلة نواذيبو, ''Wilayat Dakhlet Nouadhibou'', "Interior Nouadhibou Region") is an administrative division of Mauritania. Its regional capital is Nouadhibou, which is located at its northwe ...

* Nouadhibou Department

Gorgol Region

* Kaedi Department * M'Bout Department * Maghama Department * Monguel Department

Guidimaka Region Guidimaka ( ar, ولاية كيدي ماغة) is the southernmost region of Mauritania. Its capital is Sélibaby. The region borders the Mauritanian region of Assaba to the north-east, Mali to the south-east, Senegal to the south-west and the M ...

* Ould Yenge Department * Sélibaby Department

Hodh Ech Chargui Region Hodh Ech Chargui ( ar, ولاية الحوض الشرقي, "Eastern Basin Region") is a large region in eastern Mauritania, with an area of 182,700 km2. Its capital is Néma, but the largest town, in Bassiknou Department, is Fassala (or Vass ...

* Amourj Department * Bassikounou Department * Djigueni Department *

Néma Department Néma is a town in southeastern Mauritania, close to the border with Mali. It is located at around at the eastern end of the Aoukar. It is the capital of Hodh Ech Chargui Region and of the Néma Department. While the urban population of Nema ...

* Oualata Department * Timbedra Department

Hodh El Gharbi Region

* Ayoun el Atrous Department * Kobenni Department * Tamchekket Department * Tintane Department

Inchiri Region Inchiri ( ar, ولاية إينشيري) is a region in western Mauritania. Its capital and only city is Akjoujt. It borders the regions of Adrar to the east, Trarza to the south, and Dakhlet Nouadhibou to the north and west, along with a short ...

Akjoujt Department Akjoujt is a department of Inchiri in Mauritania. The capital lies at Akjoujt Akjoujt (Arabic: أكجوجت) is a small city in western Mauritania. It is the capital of Inchiri region. "Akjoujt" (ɑk'ʤuʤt) means 'wells'. The city's main in ...

Nouakchott-Nord Region Nouakchott-Nord ( ar, نواكشوط الشمالية) is a Regions of Mauritania, region in Mauritania. It comprises the three northwestern Departments of Mauritania, departments of Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott: Dar-Naim, Teyarett and To ...

* Dar-Naim Department * Teyarett Department * Toujouonine Department

Nouakchott-Ouest Region Nouakchott-Ouest ( ar, نواكشوط الغربية) is a region in Mauritania. It comprises the three northeastern departments of Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott: Ksar, Sebkha and Tevragh-Zeina. Its headquarters are at Tevragh-Zeina and ...

* Ksar Department * Sebkha Department * Tevragh-Zeina Department

Nouakchott-Sud Region Nouakchott-Sud (South Nouakchott, ar, نواكشوط الجنوبية) is a region in Mauritania. It comprises the three southern departments of Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott: Arafat, El Mina and Riyad. Its headquarters are at Arafat a ...

* Arafat Department * El Mina Department * Riyad Department

Tagant Region Tagant ( ar, ولاية تكانت) is a region in south-central Mauritania named for the Tagant Plateau. Its capital is Tidjikdja. Other major cities/towns include Tichit and Rachid, Nbeika. The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Adrar t ...

* Moudjeria Department * Tichit Department * Tidjikja Department

Tiris Zemmour Region Tiris Zemmour ( ar, ولاية تيرس زمور) is the northernmost region of Mauritania. Its capital is Zouérat. Other major cities/towns include F'dérik and Bir Moghrein. The region borders Algeria to the north-east, Mali to east, the Mau ...

* Bir Moghrein Department * Fderîck Department * Zouérat Department

Trarza Region Trarza ( ar, ولاية الترارزة) is a region in southwest Mauritania. Its capital is Rosso. Other major cities and towns include Mederdra and Boutilimit. Trarza borders the regions of Inchiri and Adrar to the north, Brakna to the east, ...

* Boutilimit Department *

Keur Massene Department Keur Massene is a department of Trarza Region in Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic R ...

* Mederdra Department *

Ouad Naga Department Ouad Naga is a department of Trarza Region in Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Repu ...

* R'Kiz Department * Rosso Department