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Mauritania

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MAURITANIA
(pronounced - mo-ruh-tei-nee-uh | ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə)
OFFICIAL NAME: Islamic Republic of Mauritania
DEMONYMS: Mauritanian, African
Mauritania is part of the Western Africa region in the continent of Africa. The name Mauritania is believed to have derived from the Latin term meaning land of the Moors. It is in the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, near the equator and is 1 million square kilometres in size. The primary language spoken is Arabic, the capital city is Nouakchott, and the main currency used is the Ouguiya.
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AMBER
2024 SAFE COUNTRY ASSESSMENT


LGBTQIA+ Equality - Very Low
Very Low
LGBTQIA+ EQUALITY STATUS

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REFUGEE CONVENTIONS & POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT

Key information relating to

Refugees and Migrants

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LGBTQIA+ Refugee Statistics

The estimated refugee statistical information is adapted based on the refugee data finder service for the current year and by applying the formula used by the Gayther Population Index

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REFUGEES

2,971
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ASYLUM

156
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TOTAL DISPLACED

3,127
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INTERNALLY DISPLACED

0
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STATELESS

0
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RANK

45
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  USEFUL PHRASES | CRIME

Common phrases and terms in the local language(s)
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CRIME
جريمة [jarima] (arabic)
ABUSE
إساءة ['iisa'a] (arabic)
AFRAID
خائف [khayif] (arabic)
ASSISTANCE
مساعدة [musaeada] (arabic)
ASYLUM
اللجوء [alluju'] (arabic)
DEATH
الموت [almawt] (arabic)
DETENTION
احتجاز [aihtijaz] (arabic)
DISPLACE
أزاح ['azah] (arabic)
KIDNAPPING
خطف [khatf] (arabic)
PERSECUTION
اضطهاد [aidtihad] (arabic)
RAPE
اغتصاب [aightisab] (arabic)
SCARED
خائف، خواف، مذعور ["khayif, khawaf, madheur"] (arabic)
WAR
حرب [harb] (arabic)
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NOTIFICATIONS

LAST UPDATED:  June 18, 2024

Important communication information about the

Country

×  DANGEROUS  | LGBTQIA+ risk to life. The country has laws in place that should you publicly identify as LGBTQIA+ to the government, officials or local communities; you could be subject to imprisonment, torture or a death sentence....read more

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| STATUS

  • LGBTQIA+ RELATED | The country typically scores low or very low within the Gayther Equality Index. The score means the government has criminalised same-sex relationships and will have a maximum penalty of death for those prosecuted. Some countries within this category may even actively target the local LGBTQIA+ community by implementing antiquated laws or ignoring the abuse, torture, and vigilante killings occurring in specific regions or across the country...more
  • CURRENT STATE | There are currently issues relating to acts of terrorism affecting certain regions or across the entire country
  • This country is categorised as being a hybrid regime, where electoral fraud occurs, interfering and preventing democratic processes from taking place...more
  • GENEVA REFUGEE STATUS | This country signed up to both the refugee convention and protocol, which outlines the agreed criteria, status and rights of refugees...more
  • LGBTQIA+ ASYLUM APPLICATIONS | This country does not accept asylum applications (membership of a particular social group) based on being persecuted for identifying with a specific sexuality or gender identity.
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Government

| INFORMATION

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MAURITANIA
GOVERNMENT
البرلمان | الجمعية الوطنية | barlamene | al jamiya al-wataniyah
A government is comprised of a group of people within a given country with authority to govern a country or state. Governments are typically made up of heads of state (presidents, prime ministers or chief), departments and ministries which represent specific functions and provide services for all those citizens living within the country
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MAURITANIA
MINISTRY OF IMMIGRATION OR THE INTERIOR
ministère de l'intérieur et de la décentralisation | وزارة الداخلية واللامركزية
The immigration office or ministry is typically a department or organisation within a government that focuses on all things relating to immigration and residency. The department will often manage visa and residency applications, issuing of passports and national ids and all of the relevant rights for living within a given country
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HEALTHCARE RELATED

Key information relating to

Healthcare Services

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UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE

No

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HEALTHCARE CATEGORY

Social Insurance (Bismarck)

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HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY

National Health Insurance Fund

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HEALTHCARE NAME

تأمين صحي | tamin sihiyun

Geography

Learn more about the country and its

Physical Location

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CAPITAL

Nouakchott

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REGION

Western Africa

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CONTINENT

Africa

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HEMISPHERE

Tropics

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AREA

1030700

(square kilometers)

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SURROUNDING OCEAN(S)

Atlantic Ocean

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EMERGENCY CONTACTS

The important telephone numbers relating to the

Emergency Services

Arabic
Official Language(s) spoken in Mauritania
The emergency service numbers within Mauritania to call during an emergency
  • AMBULANCE - when someone is seriously ill or injured, and their life is at risk (emergency medical services and technical rescue)
  • POLICE - when you feel in danger, are in dangerous situations or have witnessed a crime (law enforcement, criminal investigation, and maintenance of public order)
  • FIRE RESCUE - when a fire occurs or where a person needs rescue (fire suppression, technical rescue, and hazardous materials mitigation)


Ambulance
AMBULANCE
سياره اسعاف (sayaruh 'iiseaf) (arabic)

dial
118

Call Ambulance Service Now

Police
POLICE
شرطة (shurta) (arabic)

dial
117

Call Police Now

Fire
FIRE
نار (nar) (arabic)

dial
101

Call Fire Service Now


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DISTANCE TO SAFE COUNTRIES

The distance to the top five

Safe Countries

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  USEFUL PHRASES | PROCESSING

Common phrases and terms in the local language(s)
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PROCESSING
معالجة [muealaja] (arabic)
APPLICANT
طالب وظيفة [talab wazifa] (arabic)
APPLICATION FORM
نموذج الطلب [namudhaj altalab] (arabic)
ASYLUM SEEKER
طالب لجوء (arabic)
CITIZENSHIP
المواطنة [almuatina] (arabic)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
بلد المنشأ (arabic)
DATE OF BIRTH
تاريخ الولادة (arabic)
DISPLACEMENT
الإزاح [al'iizah] (arabic)
GENDER
جنس [juns] (arabic)
MIGRANT
المهاجر [almuhajir] (arabic)
NAME
اسم [aism] (arabic)
NATIONALITY
جنسية [jinsia] (arabic)
PROOF
دليل [dalil] (arabic)
REFUGEE
لاجئ [laji] (arabic)
RELIGION
دين [din] (arabic)
RETURN
إرجاع ['iirjae] (arabic)
SEXUALITY
جنسانية [jansania] (arabic)
STATUS
الحالة [alhala] (arabic)
TRANSIT
عبور [eubur] (arabic)
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LGBTQIA+ RELATED

Key metrics relating to how the Country treats the

LGBTQIA+ Community

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LGBTQIA+ Terms

learn the literal translations of key LGBTQIA+ terms in the local languages/dialects
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Lesbian
مثليه [mithlayh] (arabic)
Gay Flag
Gay
مثلي الجنس [mithli aljins] (arabic)
Bisexual Flag
Bisexual
ثنائي الجنس [thunayiyin aljins] (arabic)
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Transgender
المتحولين جنسيا (arabic)
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Intersex
الخنثى (arabic)
Asexual Flag
Asexual
عديم الجنس (arabic)
Questioning Flag
Questioning
استجواب (arabic)
Community Flag
Community
تواصل اجتماعي [tuasil aijtimaeiun] (arabic)
Gender Flag
Gender
متعلق بنوع الجنس (arabic)
Sexuality Flag
Sexuality
ذات الصلة بالجنس (arabic)
Non-Bingary Flag
Non-Binary
غير ثنائي (arabic)
Queer Flag
Queer
مثلي (arabic)
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REFUGEE CAMPS & SETTLEMENTS

The temporary and semi-permanent

Camps and Settlements

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COUNTRY NAME

The country name in

Many Languages

Discover the name of this country in other languages. The name is sorted by country name and languages spoken (in alphabetical order) and can be accessed by clicking on the quick links below. If you want to learn more about any given country, please click on the flag or the country name, which will open the required content in a new window


A  
Afghanistan Flag
- (dari) | موریتانیا (pashto)
Albania Flag
mavritani (albanian)
Algeria Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic) | mauritanie (french)
American Samoa Flag
mauritania (samoan)
Andorra Flag
mauritània (catalan)
Angola Flag
mauritânia (portuguese)
Anguilla Flag
mauritania (english)
Antigua and Barbuda Flag
mauritania (english)
Argentina Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Armenia Flag
մավրիտանիա (armenian)
Australia Flag
mauritania (english)
Austria Flag
mauretanien (german)
Azerbaijan Flag
mavritaniya (azerbaijani)


B  
Bahamas, The Flag
mauritania (english)
Bahrain Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Bangladesh Flag
মরিতানিয়া (bengali)
Barbados Flag
mauritania (english)
Belarus Flag
маўрытанія (belarusian) | мавритания [mavritaniya] (russian)
Belgium Flag
mauritanië (dutch) | mauritanie (french) | mauretanien (german)
Belize Flag
mauritania (english) | mauritania (spanish)
Benin Flag
mauritanie (french)
Bermuda Flag
mauritania (english)
Bhutan Flag
- (dzongkha)
Bolivia Flag
mauritania (spanish) | - (aymara) | - (quechua)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag
mauritanija (bosnian) | mauritanija (croatian) | мауританија [mauritanija] (serbian)
Botswana Flag
mauritania (english) | - (tswana)
Brazil Flag
mauritânia (portuguese)
British Virgin Islands Flag
mauritania (english)
Brunei Darussalam Flag
mauritania (malay) | mauritania (english)
Bulgaria Flag
мавритания (bulgarian)
Burkina Faso Flag
mauritanie (french)
Burundi Flag
mauritanie (french) | - (kirundi)


C  
Cambodia Flag
ម៉ូរីតានី (khmer)
Cameroon Flag
mauritania (english) | mauritanie (french)
Canada Flag
mauritania (english) | mauritanie (french)
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) Flag
mauritânia (portuguese)
Caribbean Netherlands Flag
mauritanië (dutch) | mauritania (english) | - (papiamentu)
Cayman Islands Flag
mauritania (english)
Central African Republic Flag
- (sango) | mauritanie (french)
Chad Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic) | mauritanie (french)
Channel Islands Flag
mauritania (english) | mauritanie (french)
Chile Flag
mauritania (spanish)
China Flag
毛里塔尼亚 [máolǐtǎníyǎ] (mandarin)
Colombia Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Comoros Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic) | - (comorian) | mauritanie (french)
Congo, D.Rep Flag
mauritanie (french)
Congo, Rep Flag
mauritanie (french)
Cook Islands Flag
mauritania (english) | mauritania (māori)
Costa Rica Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Croatia Flag
mauritanija (croatian)
Cuba Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Cyprus Flag
μαυριτανία [mavritanía] (greek) | moritanya (turkish)
Czech Republic (Czechia) Flag
mauritánie (czech)


D E F  
Denmark Flag
mauretanien (danish)
Djibouti Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic) | mauritanie (french)
Dominica Flag
mauritania (english)
Dominican Republic Flag
mauritania (spanish)
East Timor (Timor-Leste) Flag
mauritânia (portuguese) | - (tetum)
Ecuador Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Egypt Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
El Salvador Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Equatorial Guinea Flag
mauritania (spanish) | mauritanie (french)
Eritrea Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic) | ሞሪታንያ (tigrinya) | - (tigre) | mauritania (english)
Estonia Flag
mauritaania (estonian)
Ethiopia Flag
ሞሪታኒያ (amharic)
Falkland Islands (Las Malvinas) Flag
mauritania (english)
Fiji Flag
- (fijian) | - (hindustani) | mauritania (english)
Finland Flag
mauritania (finnish) | mauretanien (swedish)
France Flag
mauritanie (french)
French Guiana Flag
mauritanie (french) | mauritanie (french guianese creole)
French Polynesia Flag
mauritanie (french)


G  
Gabon Flag
mauritanie (french)
Gambia, The Flag
mauritania (english)
Georgia Flag
- (abkhaz) | მავრიტანია (georgian) | - (ossetic)
Germany Flag
mauretanien (german)
Ghana Flag
mauritania (english)
Gibraltar Flag
mauritania (english)
Greece Flag
μαυριτανία [mavritanía] (greek)
Greenland Flag
- (kalaallisut) | mauretanien (danish)
Grenada Flag
mauritania (english)
Guadeloupe Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Guam Flag
mauritania (english) | - (chamorro)
Guatemala Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Guinea Flag
mauritanie (french)
Guinea-Bissau Flag
mauritânia (portuguese)
Guyana Flag
mauritania (english)


H I J  
Haiti Flag
mauritanie (french) | moritani (haitian creole)
Honduras Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Hong Kong Flag
毛里塔尼亞 [máolǐtǎníyǎ] (cantonese) | mauritania (english)
Hungary Flag
mauritánia (hungarian)
Iceland Flag
máritanía (icelandic)
India Flag
मॉरिटानिया (hindi) | mauritania (english)
Indonesia Flag
mauritania (indonesian)
Iran, Islamic Republic of Flag
موریتانی (persian)
Iraq Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Ireland Flag
mháratáin (irish (gaelic)) | mauritania (english)
Isle of Man Flag
mauritania (english)
Israel Flag
מאוריטניה (hebrew)
Italy Flag
mauritania (italian)
Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) Flag
mauritanie (french)
Jamaica Flag
mauritania (english)
Japan Flag
モーリタニア (japanese)
Jordan Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)


K L  
Kazakhstan Flag
мавритания (kazakh)
Kenya Flag
mauritania (swahili) | mauritania (english)
Kiribati Flag
- (gilbertese) | mauritania (english)
Korea, North (D.Rep) Flag
모리타니 [molitani] (korean)
Korea, South (Rep) Flag
모리타니 [molitani] (korean)
Kosovo, Republic of Flag
mavritani (albanian) | мауританија [mauritanija] (serbian)
Kuwait Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Kyrgyzstan Flag
мавритания (kirghiz)
Laos Flag
mauritania (lao)
Latvia Flag
mauritānija (latvian)
Lebanon Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Lesotho Flag
mauritania (sesotho) | mauritania (english)
Liberia Flag
mauritania (english)
Libya Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Liechtenstein Flag
mauretanien (german)
Lithuania Flag
mauritanija (lithuanian)
Luxembourg Flag
mauritanien (luxembourgish) | mauritanie (french) | mauretanien (german)


M  
Macau Flag
毛里塔尼亞 [máolǐtǎníyǎ] (cantonese) | mauritânia (portuguese)
Madagascar Flag
maoritania (malagasy) | mauritanie (french)
Malawi Flag
mauritania (chichewa) | mauritania (english)
Malaysia Flag
mauritania (malay)
Maldives Flag
- (dhivehi)
Mali Flag
mauritanie (french)
Malta Flag
mawritanja (maltese) | mauritania (english)
Marshall Islands Flag
- (marshallese) | mauritania (english)
Martinique Flag
mauritanie (french)
Mauritania Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Mauritius Flag
mauritanie (french) | mauritania (english)
Mayotte Flag
mauritanie (french)
Mexico Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Micronesia, F.S Flag
mauritania (english) | - (chuukese) | - (kosraean) | - (pohnpeian) | - (yapese)
Moldova Flag
mauritania (moldovan)
Monaco Flag
mauritanie (french)
Mongolia Flag
мавритан (mongolian)
Montenegro Flag
мауританија [mauritanija] (montenegrin)
Morocco Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Mozambique Flag
mauritânia (portuguese)
Myanmar Flag
mauritania (burmese)


N  
Namibia Flag
mauritania (english)
Nauru Flag
- (nauruan) | mauritania (english)
Nepal Flag
माउरिटानिया (nepali)
Netherlands Flag
mauritanië (dutch)
Netherlands Antilles Flag
mauritania (english)
New Caledonia Flag
mauritanie (french)
New Zealand Flag
mauritania (english) | mauritania (māori)
Nicaragua Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Niger Flag
mauritanie (french)
Nigeria Flag
mauritania (english)
Niue Flag
- (niuean) | mauritania (english)
North Macedonia Flag
мавританија (macedonian)
Northern Mariana Islands Flag
mauritania (english) | - (chamorro) | - (carolinian)
Norway Flag
mauritania (norwegian)


O P Q  
Oman Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Pakistan Flag
موریتانیا (urdu)
Palau Flag
- (palauan) | mauritania (english)
Palestine, State of Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Panama Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Papua New Guinea Flag
mauritania (english)
Paraguay Flag
mauritania (spanish) | મૌરિટાનિયા (guaraní)
Peru Flag
mauritania (spanish) | - (quechua)
Philippines Flag
mawritanya (filipino)
Pitcairn Islands Flag
- (pitkern) | mauritania (english)
Poland Flag
mauretania (polish)
Portugal Flag
mauritânia (portuguese)
Puerto Rico Flag
mauritania (spanish) | mauritania (english)
Qatar Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)


R S  
Reunion Flag
mauritanie (french)
Romania Flag
mauritania (romanian)
Russia Flag
мавритания [mavritaniya] (russian)
Rwanda Flag
mauritania (kinyarwanda) | mauritania (english) | mauritanie (french)
Saint Barthelemy (Barts) Flag
mauritanie (french)
Saint Helena Flag
mauritania (english)
Saint Kitts and Nevis Flag
mauritania (english)
Saint Lucia Flag
mauritania (english)
Saint Martin (Dutch) Flag
mauritanië (dutch) | mauritania (english)
Saint Martin (French) Flag
mauritanie (french)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Flag
mauritanie (french)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Flag
mauritania (english)
Samoa Flag
mauritania (samoan) | mauritania (english)
San Marino Flag
mauritania (italian)
Sao Tome and Principe Flag
mauritânia (portuguese)
Saudi Arabia Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Senegal Flag
mauritanie (french)
Serbia Flag
мауританија [mauritanija] (serbian)
Seychelles Flag
- (seychellois creole) | mauritania (english) | mauritanie (french)
Sierra Leone Flag
mauritania (english)
Singapore Flag
毛里塔尼亚 [máolǐtǎníyǎ] (mandarin) | mauritania (english) | mauritania (malay) | மவுரித்தேனியா (tamil)
Slovakia Flag
mauritánia (slovak)
Slovenia Flag
mavretanija (slovene)
Solomon Islands Flag
mauritania (english)
Somalia Flag
mauritania (somali) | موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
South Africa Flag
mauritanië (afrikaans) | mauritania (english) | - (southern ndebele) | mauritania (sesotho) | mauritania (zulu) | - (northern sotho) | - (tswana) | - (swazi) | - (venda) | - (tsonga)
South Sudan Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Spain Flag
mauritania (spanish) | mauritània (catalan) | mauritania (galician)
Sri Lanka Flag
මොරිටානියා (sinhalese) | மவுரித்தேனியா (tamil) | mauritania (english)
Sudan Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Suriname Flag
mauritanië (dutch)
Swaziland (Eswatini) Flag
- (swazi) | mauritania (english)
Sweden Flag
mauretanien (swedish)
Switzerland Flag
mauretanien (german) | mauritanie (french) | mauritania (italian) | mauritania (romansh)
Syria Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic) | mauritanie (french) | mauritania (english)


T  
Taiwan Flag
毛里塔尼亚 [máolǐtǎníyǎ] (mandarin)
Tajikistan Flag
мавритания (tajik)
Tanzania Flag
mauritania (swahili) | mauritania (english)
Thailand Flag
ประเทศมอริเตเนีย (thai)
Togo Flag
mauritanie (french)
Tokelau Flag
- (tokelauan)
Tonga Flag
- (tongan) | mauritania (english)
Trinidad and Tobago Flag
mauritania (english)
Tunisia Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic) | mauritanie (french)
Turkey (Turkiye) Flag
moritanya (turkish)
Turkmenistan Flag
mawritaniýa (turkmen)
Turks and Caicos Islands Flag
mauritania (english)
Tuvalu Flag
- (tuvaluan) | mauritania (english)


U V W X Y Z  
Uganda Flag
mauritania (english)
Ukraine Flag
мавританія [mavrytaniya] (ukrainian)
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
United Kingdom (UK) Flag
mauritania (english)
United States of America (USA) Flag
mauritania (english)
Uruguay Flag
mauritania (spanish)
US Virgin Islands Flag
mauritania (english)
Uzbekistan Flag
mavritaniya (uzbek)
Vanuatu Flag
mauritania (english) | mauritanie (french)
Vatican City (Holy See) Flag
mauretaniae proditum (latin) | mauritania (italian)
Venezuela Flag
mauritania (spanish)
Vietnam Flag
mauritania (vietnamese)
Wallis and Futuna Flag
mauritanie (french) | - (wallisian) | - (futunan)
Yemen Flag
موريتانيا [muritania] (arabic)
Zambia Flag
mauritania (english)
Zimbabwe Flag
mauritania (english) | mauritaniya (shona) | - (northern ndebele)
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