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The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast, which is home to around one-third of the country's 4.3 million people. The government was overthrown on 6 August 2008, in a military coup d'état led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. On 16 April 2009, Aziz resigned from the military to run for president in the 19 July elections, which he won.<ref>"Mauretania," Wikipedia, last updated 12 December 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauretania.</ref><ref>"Mauritania," Wikipedia, last updated 10 December 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania.</ref> | The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast, which is home to around one-third of the country's 4.3 million people. The government was overthrown on 6 August 2008, in a military coup d'état led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. On 16 April 2009, Aziz resigned from the military to run for president in the 19 July elections, which he won.<ref>"Mauretania," Wikipedia, last updated 12 December 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauretania.</ref><ref>"Mauritania," Wikipedia, last updated 10 December 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania.</ref> | ||
==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1880 - 1900 Mauritania expelled some 70,000 sub-Saharan African Mauritanians<br> | 1880 - 1900 Mauritania expelled some 70,000 sub-Saharan African Mauritanians<br> | ||
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2010 - The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the Middle East | 2010 - The Arab Spring was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions that spread across the Middle East | ||
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