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| Industry | Telecommunications |
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| Headquarters | Nouakchott |
| Products | Telecommunications services Internet services |
| Parent | Maroc Telecom |
| Website | http://www.mauritel.mr/ |
Mauritel is a principal telecommunications company in Mauritania established in 1999 in Nouakchott. [1]
Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC, doing business as etisalat by e& is an Emirati-based multinational telecommunications services provider, currently operating in 16 countries across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. It is the 18th largest mobile network operator in the world by number of subscribers. In December 2020, Etisalat claimed to provide the world's fastest 5G download speed at 9.1 Gigabits per second, a network that has started rolling out in Dubai since 2017. Etisalat is one of the strongest brands in the Middle East and Africa and one of the strongest telecoms brand in the world.
Hassānīya is a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken by Mauritanian Arabs and the Sahrawi. It was spoken by the Beni Ḥassān Bedouin tribes of Yemeni origin who extended their authority over most of Mauritania and Morocco's southeastern and Western Sahara between the 15th and 17th centuries. Hassānīya Arabic was the language spoken in the pre-modern region around Chinguetti.
The Mauritania national football team, nicknamed Al-Murabitun in the reference to Almoravid dynasty, represents Mauritania in men's international football. It is controlled by the Féderation de Football de la République Islamique de Mauritanie, and is a member of the Confederation of African Football. They have not qualified for the FIFA World Cup. However, in the Amílcar Cabral Cup, a regional tournament for West Africa, Mauritania came forth in 1980 on hosting the competition. The national football team of Mauritania later runners-up in 1995, losing on penalties to Sierra Leone after the final finished 0–0.
The National Assembly is the unicameral legislative house of the Parliament of Mauritania. The legislature currently has 176 members, elected for five-year terms in electoral districts or nationwide proportional lists.
The Senate was the upper house of Parliament in Mauritania from April 1992 to August 2017. The Senate had 56 members, 53 members elected indirectly for a six-year term by municipal councillors with one third renewed every two years and 3 members elected by Mauritanians abroad.
The Mauritanian Parliament (Barlamane/Parlement) is composed of a single chamber, the National Assembly. Composed of 176 members, representatives are elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies.
The Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is the governing body of football in Mauritania. It was founded in 1961, affiliated to FIFA in 1970 and to CAF in 1976. It organizes the national football league and the national team.
The foreign relations of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania have, since 1960, been dominated by the issues of the Spanish Sahara and the recognition of its independence by its neighbours, particularly Morocco. Mauritania's foreign relations are handled by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, who is currently Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug.
Super D1 is the top division of association football league system in Mauritania. It was created in 1976.
Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a sovereign country in Northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest. Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and the 28th-largest in the world, and 90% of its territory is situated in the Sahara. Most of its population of 4.4 million lives in the temperate south of the country, with roughly one-third concentrated in the capital and largest city, Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.
The Television of Mauritania is Mauritania's national state-owned public service television broadcaster.
The mass media in Mauritania is undergoing a shift into a freer journalistic environment, while becoming increasingly open to private sector.
The history of the Jews in Mauritania dates back to the time of the fall of the Jewish state in 70 CE, when they spread across Roman North Africa. Many Jews have entered the modern day country of Mauritania as tourists or visitors.
The Mauritanian passport is an official travel document issued by the Agence Nationale Du Registre Des Populations Et Des Titres Sécurisés .. That grants citizens of Mauritania for international travel in accordance with visa requirements. It serves to provide identification and citizenship verification, allowing holders to travel worldwide and seek entry into other countries.
The Mauritania women's national football team represents Mauritania in international women's football and is controlled by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (FFIRM). The team played its first international match in 2019 as a friendly against Djibouti in which they lost three to one. Fatou Dioup scored Mauritania's first international goal.
Most visitors to Mauritania may obtain a visa on arrival to Mauritania, unless they are a national of one of the visa-exempt countries.
Ismaïl Ould Cheikh Ahmed is a Mauritanian diplomat and politician. He served as a United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen and was therefore head of the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen from 25 April 2015 to 26 February 2018.
Souleymane Anne is a footballer who plays as a forward for the Belgian club Deinze and the Mauritania national football team.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mauritania in March 2020.
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