Africa · Western Africa
Mauritania 🇲🇷
Capital: Nouakchott · Native name: موريتانيا
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
MR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
MRT
Phone dial code
+222
Internet TLD
.mr
Currency
MRU UM
Exchange rate
1 USD = 40.0865 MRU
Population
4,927,532
Area (km²)
1,030,700
MRU → USD conversions
| USD | MRU |
|---|---|
| $1 | 40.09 UM |
| $5 | 200.43 UM |
| $10 | 400.87 UM |
| $50 | 2,004.33 UM |
| $100 | 4,008.65 UM |
| $500 | 20,043.25 UM |
| $1000 | 40,086.5 UM |
Rate refreshed every 4 hours. See live MRU rates for all currencies →
Timezones
Africa/Nouakchott
GMT · UTC±00 · Greenwich Mean Time
States / provinces · 15 total
Cities in Adrar · sample from region
Want every city in Mauritania? See all 150,000+ cities or query the /v1/countries/MR/states endpoint.
Country name in other languages
ar
موريتانيا
br
Maouritania
de
Mauretanien
es
Mauritania
fa
موریتانی
fr
Mauritanie
hi
मॉरिटानिया
hr
Mauritanija
it
Mauritania
ja
モーリタニア
ko
모리타니
nl
Mauritanië
Get this data from the API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://api.apogeoapi.com/v1/countries/MR?include=full"
# Returns:
# {
# "iso2": "MR", "iso3": "MRT",
# "name": "Mauritania",
# "capital": "Nouakchott",
# "currency": "MRU",
# "currencyRate": { "rate": 40.0865, "base": "USD" },
# "phoneCode": "222",
# "flagUrl": "https://flagcdn.com/mr.svg",
# ...
# }Use this data in your app today
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