1, Mauritania has a population of 4.5 million, divided into white Moors, black Moors and black Africans, of which white Moors are caucasian or mildly mixed- and black-moors are severely mixed-race.
2, Mauritania is forbidden to premarital sex, every year from June to September during the marriage season, the woman's parents or future husband, will ask the woman to go to the hospital to apply for a medical examination, and obtain a "virginity certificate".
3, the Republic of Mauritania, referred to as Mauritania, is located in northwest Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara and Algeria to the north, Mali to the southeast, and Senegal to the south.
4, Mauritania land area of 1030700 square kilometers, the whole territory is flat, 2/3 of the area is desert, coastal is plain, drought and less rain, more "Hamadan" wind and tornadoes.
5, Mauritanians pray 5 times a day, wash their hands before praying, and wipe their faces with sand instead of water when there is no water.
6, The Sahara Eye of Mauritania is one of the top ten most spectacular geological wonders in the world, the entire eye is 340 kilometers long, even in space is clearly visible, unique in the world. Geologists believe that this may be due to the rise or erosion of geological structures, and the formation of this circular appearance remains a mystery to this day.
7, Mauritania is rich in various types of resources, especially iron ore, with reserves estimated at 8.7 billion tons. In addition, copper mines, oil, fisheries and other resources are also good.
8, the crime rate in the country is at a medium level. Crimes mostly occur in urban areas with large populations. The most common are pickpockets, wallet snatching, theft of car belongings and other small fights, occasionally hijacking of cars and armed robberies, but violent crimes are extremely rare. Foreigners, especially foreign women, who live or travel here on business, should avoid wandering alone at night or taking a taxi alone to the beach.
9, Mauritania the country is divided into 15 regions, 54 provinces, the capital is Nouakchott, the city is located in the heart of the desert, the annual rainfall is only 53 mm, is the driest capital in the world.
10, the flag of Mauritania is a green flag, and the pattern of the crescent moon in the middle is a symbol of Islam. The golden motif represents the Sahara Desert, while the two colors are Pan-African colors.
11, Although Mauritania is located in Africa, its official language is Arabic. Due to its long history of French colonization, the lingua franca is French, in addition to 36 minority languages.
12, Mauritanian rural houses are very distinctive, this kind of house opening is very small, the roof and walls are connected, made of twigs and thatch, from a distance it looks like a steamed bun. When the desert weather is hot, people sprinkle water on the entire façade of the "steamed bun house" and take away the heat through the wind, which is a natural heat dissipation house.
13, Mauritania is one of the least developed countries in the world, with a single economic structure and a weak foundation, and iron mining and fisheries are the two pillars of the national economy. Through exports and the issuance of fishing licences, the fishery earns an average of US$ 250 million a year.
14, Mauritania is not well developed in transportation. There is only one 675 km long railway, which mainly undertakes iron ore transport, does not solicit passengers, its own Mauritanian airlines have closed down a few years ago and are now controlled by foreign capital, with 27 airports, but only 3 passenger aircraft.
15, Mauritania agriculture depends on the sky to eat, not only drought and little rain, but also often plagued by locusts, need to import a large amount of grain every year, and require international assistance.
16, Mauritanians generally welcome VIPs, accustomed to "roasting whole sheep" as the most generous hospitality. I eat rice as my main food, like to drink green tea, eat meat and tear it by hand, and grab it by hand when eating.
17, Mauritania medical care is very backward, infant mortality rate of 6.19%, very high, fortunately, the country AIDS is rare.
18, Mauritania has always been the object of China's assistance, in 1978 assisted the construction of Mauritania Friendship Port, is still the largest deep-water port in Mauritania, to undertake most of its country's import and export business.
19 Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, and it was not until 1981 that the country considered slavery illegal. Although it was written into law, it was actually difficult to enforce it, and there were still a large number of slaves.
20, Mauritania has a special profession, that is, fattener, because the local tradition of fat beauty, but because it is too poor, most people want to be fat and fat, which gave birth to the fattening profession, it is said that as long as according to the practice of the fat collector, within three months, to ensure that it becomes a perfect fat boy.
21, Mauritanian weddings last 3 days. On the first day, the man presents a bride price to the woman, the second day is the day when the woman thanks the man, and only the third day is the day when the cave is officially entered. However, before entering the cave room, the woman must bathe 7 times. Why do I have to bathe 7 times? That's the rule of Muslims, and we don't dare ask too much.
22, Mauritanians love social media very much, according to the statistics of the British and American head media, Mauritania is the second most active Internet social community in Africa.