Regions of Mauritania

Mauritania has 15 regions: 
+RegionsMap keyNameNative nameCapitalAreaPopulation (2013)1AdrarAtar62,6582Assaba Kiffa325,8973Brakna Aleg312,2774Dakhlet NouadhibouNouadhibou123,7795GorgolKaédi335,9176Guidimaka Sélibaby267,0297Hodh Ech CharguiNéma430,6688Hodh El Gharbi Ayoun el Atrouss294,1099Inchiri Akjoujt19,63910Nouakchott-NordDar-Naim366,91210Nouakchott-OuestTevragh-Zeina165,81410Nouakchott-SudArafat425,67311Tagant Tidjikja80,96212Tiris Zemmour Zouérat53,26113TrarzaRosso272,773.

Mauritania occupied part of Western Sahara from 1975 to 1979. While there, its part of the area was called Tiris al-Gharbiyya.

The regions are split into 44 departments.