Mauritanian Arab Republic

The Mauritanian Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية الموريتانية al-jumhūriyah al-‘arabīyah al-mūrītānīyah), informally known as Mauritania (الموريتانيا al-mūrītāniyā), is a member republic of the Arab Union, located in Western Africa. It borders the Algerian Arab Republic to the northeast, the Western Saharan Arab Republic to the northwest, and the sovereign states of Mali to the southeast and Senegal to the south; Mauritania also includes a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Nouakchott.