President: Muhammad Ould Abdelaziz (2009)
Prime
Minister: Sidi Mohamed Ould Boubacar (2005)
Land area: 397,837 sq mi (1,030,400 sq
km); total area: 397, 953 sq mi (1,030,700 sq km)
Population (2010 est.): 3,205,060 (growth
rate: 2.4%); birth rate: 33.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 61.9/1000;
life expectancy: 60.7; density per sq km: 3
Capital and largest city: Nouakchott, 661,400
Monetary unit: Ouguiya
National name: Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah
al Muritaniyah
Languages: Hassaniya Arabic (official), Pulaar, Soninke,
French, Wolof
Ethnicity/race: mixed Maur/black 40%, Maur 30%, black 30%
National holiday: Independence Day, Nov. 28
Literacy rate: 42% (2003 est.)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2009 est.):
$6.56 billion; per capita $2,100.
Real growth rate: 1.5%.
Inflation: 7.3%.
Unemployment: 30% (2008 est.).
Arable land: 0.2%.
Agriculture: dates, millet, sorghum,
rice, corn; cattle, sheep.
Labor force: 786,000 (2001);
agriculture 50%, services 40%, industry 10% (2001 est.).
Industries: fish processing, mining of iron ore and gypsum.
Natural resources: iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate,
diamonds, gold, oil, fish.
Exports: $1.395 billion (2006
est.): iron ore, fish and fish products, gold.
Imports: $1.475
billion (2006 est.): machinery and equipment, petroleum
products, capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods.
Major trading
partners: Japan, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium,
Côte d'Ivoire, China, Russia, U.S., UK (2004).
Communications: Telephones: main lines in
use: 26,500 (2001); mobile cellular: 35,000 (2001).
Radio broadcast
stations: AM 1, FM 14, shortwave 1 (2001).
Radios: 410,000
(2001).
Television broadcast stations: 1 (2002).
Televisions: 98,000 (2001).
Internet Service Providers
(ISPs): 5 (2001).
Internet users: 7,500 (2001).
Transportation: Railways: total: 717 km
(2002).
Highways: total: 7,720 km; paved: 830 km; unpaved:
6,890 km (2000).
Waterways: ferry traffic on the Senegal River.
Ports and harbors: Bogue, Kaedi, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Rosso.
Airports: 26 (2002).
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