Mauritania is located in Africa, in GMT0 time zone (with current time of 10:04 PM, Thursday). Offset from your time zone: hours. It is positioned on 1030700 km² area with population of approximately 3.2 million. Neighbor countries: Senegal, Algeria, Western Sahara, Mali.
Capital of Mauritania is Nouakchott.
| ↕ | Latitude (dec.) | Latitude (DMS) |
|---|---|---|
| North border | 27.3158916 | 27° 18' 57.21" North |
| South border | 14.7212730 | 14° 43' 16.583" North |
| Height ↕ | ∼1400.4 km | |
| ↔ | West border | East border |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude (dec.) | -17.0687276 | -4.8336008 |
| Longitude (DMS) | 17° 4' 7.419" West | 4° 50' 0.963" West |
| Width ↔ | ∼1269.7 km | |
Sources:
• Base of the used natural world map was created by Tom Patterson, cartographer.
• Boundary lines of Mauritania were drawn using data from boundaries.us.
• Geographic location: processed from www.geonames.org database.