List of companies of Mauritania

Location of Mauritania

Mauritania, officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in western North Africa.[1] It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest.

Despite being rich in natural resources, Mauritania has one of the lowest GDP rates in Africa. A majority of the population still depends on agriculture and livestock for a livelihood, even though most of the nomads and many subsistence farmers were forced into the cities by recurrent droughts in the 1970s and 1980s. Mauritania has extensive deposits of iron ore, which account for almost 50% of total exports. With the current rises in metal prices, gold and copper mining companies are opening mines in the interior.

Companies based in Mauritania

Name Industry Sector Headquarters Founded Notes
Mauritanian Post Company Delivery Postal service
Central Bank of Mauritania Financial Banking 1973
Mauritel Telecommunications
Mauritania Airlines International Travel and leisure Airline Nouakchott 2010
Air Afrique Travel and leisure Airline Abidjan, Ivory Coast 28 March 1961 Defunct, ceased operations in January 2002. See Air Afrique destinations for more information.
Air Mauritanie Travel and leisure Airline Nouakchott September 1962 Defunct, ceased operations in 2007
Al Rida Airways Travel and leisure Airline Defunct
Mauritania Airways Travel and leisure Airline 2006 Defunct, ceased operations in December 2010

See also

References

  1. ↑ Facts On File (2009). Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East. Facts On File, Incorporated. p. 448. Quote: "The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, situated in western North Africa..."
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