.mr is the
Internet
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country code
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top-level domain
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ccTLD
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) for
Mauritania
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Maghreb, Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to Mauritania–Western Sahara border, the north and northwest, ...
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.mr domains can be registered by Mauritanian citizens, residents, and legal entities with a local representation.
History
The management of the Internet Top-Level-Domain Names in Mauritania was delegated by ICANN to the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST) of the
University of Nouakchott
The University of Nouakchott Al Aasriya (, ) is a university in the city of Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania.
History
The university was created in July 2016 from the merger of the University of Science, Technology and Medicine and the Uni ...
in April 1996. As the country was not connected to the internet at that time,
IRD (Montpellier, France) hosted the .mr name servers.
Once the required infrastructure is established by April 2000, Network Information Center was created within the Faculty of Science and Technology and started hosting the .mr name servers.
Structure
Registrations are taken directly at the second level, under .mr. However, a number of second level domains exists for different purposes.
Internationalized domain name
On 27 January 2019, ICANN approved a request for delegation of the
internationalised country-code top-level domain representing Mauritania in Arabic script to Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya.
As of December 2022, no information regarding the registration under this TLD is available on the registry website.
References
External links
IANA .mr whois information.mr domain registration websitedomain application form
Country code top-level domains
Communications in Mauritania
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