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Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania annexed the southern third of the former Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) in 1976 but relinquished it after three years of raids by the Polisario guerrilla front seeking independence for the territory. Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed TAYA seized power in a coup in 1984 and ruled Mauritania with a heavy hand for more than two decades. A series of presidential elections that he held were widely seen as flawed. A bloodless coup in August 2005 deposed President TAYA and ushered in a military council that oversaw a transition to democratic rule. Independent candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh ABDALLAHI was inaugurated in April 2007 as Mauritania's first freely and fairly elected president. His term ended prematurely in August 2008 when a military junta led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel AZIZ deposed him and ushered in a military council government. AZIZ was subsequently elected president in July 2009 and sworn in the following month. The country continues to experience ethnic tensions among its black population (Afro-Mauritanians) and white and black Moor (Arab-Berber) communities, and is having to confront a growing terrorism threat by al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).


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Transportation

Airports World Ranking: 121
28 (2012)

Airports - with paved runways
Total 10
2,438 to 3,047 m 5
1,524 to 2,437 m 5 (2012)

Airports - with unpaved runways
Total 18
2,438 to 3,047 m 1
1,524 to 2,437 m 7
914 to 1,523 m 8
Under 914 m 2 (2012)

Railways
728 km
Standard gauge 728 km 1.435-m gauge (2008)

Roadways World Ranking: 133
Total 11,066 km
Paved 2,966 km
Unpaved 8,100 km (2006)

Waterways
(some is navigation possible on the Senegal River) (2011)

Ports and terminals
Nouadhibou, Nouakchott


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Mauritania (Nouakchott):
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GPS points from Mauritania (Nouakchott)

square Alous Ennam Mauritania (general)

square Tomachent El Hamra Mauritania (general)

square 'aouinat Salam Mauritania (general)

square Ras-el-kraa Mauritania (general)

square Sfoya Mauritania (general)

square Tamzak Mauritania (general)

square Archane Dkheilet Saer Mauritania (general)

square Oumoulaitigat Mauritania (general)




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