Regions of Mauritania
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Mauritania is divided into 12 regions (capitals in parentheses) and one capital district:
- Adrar (Atar)
- Assaba (Kiffa)
- Brakna (Aleg)
- Dakhlet Nouadhibou (Nouadhibou)
- Gorgol (Kaédi)
- Guidimaka (Sélibaby)
- Hodh Ech Chargui (Néma)
- Hodh El Gharbi (Aioun el Atrouss)
- Inchiri (Akjoujt)
- Nouakchott (national capital)
- Tagant (Tidjikdja)
- Tiris Zemmour (Zouérate)
- Trarza (Rosso)
During the Mauritanian occupation of Western Sahara (1975-79), its portion of the territory (roughly corresponding to the Saguia el-Hamra province) was named Tiris al-Gharbiyya.
The regions are subdivided into 44 departments.