Mauritania Genealogy

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In other languages: العربية

Africa

Mauritania

Guide to Mauritania ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Mauritania is a country in Africa bordered by Morocco, Algeria, Mali, and Senegal. The official language is Arabic.

Mauritania Online Genealogy Records

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Mauritania Map

Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Mauritania.

Regions

Mauritania is divided into the following regions:

1. Adrar 2. Assaba 3. Brakna 4. Dakhlet Nouadhibou 5. Gorgol 6. Guidimaka 7. Hodh ech Chargui 8. Hodh el Gharbi 9. Inchiri 10. Nouakchott (capital district) 11. Tagant 12. Tiris Zemmour 13. Trarza