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Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

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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 ...

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, Mauritania. It is located at around . It is divided into a number of "quartiers" which include "College", "Silo", 'Ferlo" , "nezaha" , "saada" , "el jedida" "Bambaradougou" amongst many others. Selibaby also has a regional hospital, funded by the Chinese government and partially staffed by Chinese doctors and is the headquarters of the regional director of health. Selibaby is a centre for NGOs who operate in the region.

Climate

Sélibaby has a

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''BSh''). The city is among the wettest in the country due to its significant exposure to the West African Monsoon, with about of precipitation falling annually. The average annual temperature in Sélibaby is . Guidimaka Region Regional capitals in Mauritania Communes of Mauritania {{Mauritania-geo-stub