Culture of Mauritania
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania (RIM) is located in sub-Saharan North West Africa between 15th and 27th degrees North latitude and 5th and 17th degrees West longitude. Mauritania is a pivotal country between West Africa, the Maghreb and the Sahara. It is bounded by the Republic of Senegal to the South West, by Mali to the South East and East, by Algeria to the North East and by Western Sahara to the North West. To the west, Mauritania is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and its coastline stretches for nearly 600 km.
Religion: Islam
Political capital: Nouakchott with more than one million inhabitants
Other big cities: Nouadhibou,Nema , Kiffa, Atar, Rosso
Official Language: Arabic
Other National Languages: Poulaar, Soninke,Wolof
The most used foreign language: French
Area: 1,030,700 km²
Capital: Nouakchott
Main cities: Nema, Aioun, Kiffa, Kaédi, Aleg, Rosso, Nouadhibou, Atar, Tidijikdja, Zouerate, Selibaby, Akjoujt.
Official language: Arabic
National languages: Arabic, Poular, Soninke and Wolof;
Currency: ouguiya (1 € = 41.84 ouguiyas approximately)
There are development opportunities in the artisanal sector, if initiatives are taken to improve artisan productivity, product quality and markets access.
The government adopted an organization plan for the handcraft industry designed to develop and modernize the artisanal sector.
Mauritanian art is famous by its originality: the “henna”, the folk music, the handicrafts and artifacts and so on … are very present, in its different aspects, in Mauritanians daily life.
