Politics of Mauritania
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Constitution Human rights Slavery
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Mauritania is divided into 12wilayahs andcapital district in Nouakchott, itscapital district. These wilayahs are subdivided into 53mouaghataas, or departments.^[1]

There are 216communes of Mauritania.

The regions and capital district (in alphabetical order) and theircapitals are:

• Subdivisions of Mauritania
• Administrative divisions by country
• Administrative divisions in Africa

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata