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   Note: This section last updated 16th May 2021

In Fula (Fulfulde), Adlam script:

(where indicates the decimal separator and the thousands separator). Numbers in Adlam are written from right to left.

In Fula (Fulfulde), Latin script; and French:

   1 234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

In Arabic:

   1.234,45

(where , indicates the decimal separator and . the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 16th May 2021

In Fula (Fulfulde), Adlam script:

   yyyy-mm-dd

In Fula (Fulfulde), Latin script; Arabic and French:

   dd/mm/yyyy

   14:32  

Mauritania has 8 languages. Hassaniya Arabic (1 800 000 speakers) is the official language. There are 150 000 speakers of Fulfulde .

Personal names are often formatted according to Arabic traditions, but ould is used to mean “son of” and ment to mean “daughter of”.

Women retain their maiden names upon marriage.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Delivery is to post office boxes only. This is usually written in French as BP, or Boîte Postale.

Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured. Examples:

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

Mauritania has no postal code system.

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Mauritania - Postal code format

Mauritania - Postal code specifics

Mauritania - Postal code regular expression

Mauritania - Postal code level of coverage

Mauritania - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 21st January 2017

Refer to Exonyms in Mauritania for full lists of place names in Mauritania in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 20th July 2015

Mauritania has 15 regions :

    Adrar 
    Assaba 
    Brakna 
    Dakhlet Nouadhibou 
    Gorgol 
    Guidimaka 
    Hodh ech Chargui 
    Hodh el Gharbi 
    Inchiri 
    Nouakchott-Nord 
    Nouakchott-Ouest 
    Nouakchott-Sud 
    Tagant 
    Tiris Zemmour 
    Trarza 

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Mauritanian telephone numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 8 digits. Mobile numbers begin with 22, 27, 33, 36-37, 44, 46-47.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm