page_title: Law enforcement in Mauritania
hierarchical_section_title: Law enforcement in Mauritania
caption_attribution_description: Gendarmerie
context_page_description: The Gendarmerie Nationale is the national police force of Mauritania. The gendarmerie is part of the army and maintains posts in the urban and rural parts of the country.
  In 2019, 140 gendarmes were deployed as part of a UN multinational peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic.
context_section_description: The Gendarmerie Nationale is the national police force of Mauritania. The gendarmerie is part of the army and maintains posts in the urban and rural parts of the country.
  In 2019, 140 gendarmes were deployed as part of a UN multinational peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic.
caption: A gendarmerie post in a rural part of Mauritania.
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