Guides and Directories

See also:

• Regional: Africa: Guides and Directories  (21)
• Regional: Africa: Regions: West Africa: Guides and Directories  (3)

al-Bab - Mauritania - - Offers links to resources about Mauritania including the media and news, travel, maps, politics and government, people, economy and environment.

Arabji.com - Mauritania - - Web directory and yellow pages.

BBC News - Country Profile: Mauritania - - Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.

CIA - The World Factbook: Mauritania - - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

Columbia University Libraries - African Studies: Mauritania - - Directory of categorized and annotated links.

Encyclopaedia Mauritania - - Information on geography, history, language, arts, and wildlife.

Encyclopedia of the Nations - Mauritania - - Provides information about the country's geography, people, government, economy and tourism. From Thomson Gale.

Hejlah - The Country and People of Mauritania - - Provides general information from a Columbia University source along with a directory of categorised web links.

The Index on Africa - Mauritania - - Extensive set of categorized and annotated links to web resources from the Norwegian Council for Africa (NCA).

MSN Encarta - Mauritania - - Online encyclopedia article, with country profile, history and links to related articles.

NationMaster - Mauritania - - Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.

Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Mauritania - - Annotated directory of links to web resources.

UK Foreign Office - Country Profiles: Mauritania - - Overview of country's geography, history, politics, economy, international relations, travel and current affairs.

University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center: Mauritania - - Annotated directory of links to resources.

University of Texas - MENIC: Mauritania - - Links to Mauritanean web resources from the Middle East Network Information Center.

US Department of State - Mauritania - - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, USAID page, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Country and Industry Market Reports.

US Library of Congress - Country Study: Mauritania - - June 1988 country profile provides information about its historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security.

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Mauritania - - Annotated directory of selected online resources concerning the country's business, culture, education, embassies, geography, government, politics, law, health, history, media, recreation, travel, religion, philosophy, science, and society.

USAfrica: Mauritania - - General information about Mauritania.

Wikipedia - Mauritania - - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture of the West African country.