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Where is Mauritania located in Africa?
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Mauritania is a country located on the Atlantic coast of Africa. It serves as a geographic and cultural bridge between the North African Maghrib and the westernmost portion of sub-Saharan Africa.1
The country is bounded by the following neighbors:
* Northwest: Western Sahara2
* Northeast: Algeria2
* East and Southeast: Mali2
* Southwest: Senegal2
To the west, Mauritania features a 435-mile (700-km) coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, extending from the Sénégal River delta northward to the Cape Nouùdhibou Peninsula. Much of the nation's interior is encompassed by the Sahara desert.21