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Last verified: Friday, 21. February 2020 at 07:21 AM
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Please reconsider your need to travel to Mauritania Please reconsider your need to travel to Mauritania. We detected travel advisories from 7 sources for this specific country.
Mauritania shares a land border with 4 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Mauritania), the Advisory Index is 3.4 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Mali (4.7), Algeria (2.8), Senegal with 2.3 and Western Sahara with 0 (of 5).
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for Mauritania.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Mauritania from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.6 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Exercise increased caution in Mauritania due to crime and terrorism. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do Not Travel To: Areas designated as off limits by the Mauritanian military due to crime and terrorism. Country Summary: Violent crimes, such as mugging, armed robbery, and assault, are common. Local police lack the resources ...
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Mauretanien: Reise- und Sicherheitshinweise: Teilreisewarnung. The German government advises againt travelling this country.
Source: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit/mauretaniensicherheit/219190
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories).
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
We've reviewed our travel advice for Mauritania. We haven't changed our level of advice: Reconsider your need to travel to Mauritania due to the high risk of terrorist attack, kidnapping and violent crime. Higher levels apply in some parts of the country.
Source: https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/africa/mauritania
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Avoid non-essential travel elsewhere in Mauritania, including the Nouakchott to Nouadhibou corridor, due to the threat of kidnapping, terrorism and the unpredictable security situation.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Mauritania.
Issued by: New Zealand government
Info: Do not travel to the eastern and northern regions of Mauritania, or to Mauritania’s border areas with Algeria, Mali and Western Sahara due to the risk of military activities, the actions of extremist groups, and the risk of armed banditry and kidnapping. Anyone entering the border area could be considered a legitimate military target. Land mines are also present along the border with Western Sahara. Do not travel to the provinces of Tiris Zemmour, Adrar, Tagant, Hodh ech Chargui, Hodh El Gharbi, Assaba, and Guidimaka.
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Avoid non-essential travel
Source: https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/mauritania/
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Austrian Government advises again travelling Mauretanien.
Source: https://www.bmeia.gv.at//reise-aufenthalt/reiseinformation/land/mauretanien/
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of Mauritania. Most recent events first.
The total rating for Mauritania changed from 3.9 to 3.6. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government decreased their existing warning for Mauritania to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -2.0).
The total rating for Mauritania changed from 3.7 to 3.9. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for Mauritania to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Mauritania changed from 3.9 to 3.7. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government decreased their existing warning for Mauritania to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by -1.0).
The total rating for Mauritania changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for Mauritania with a rating of 4.0.
The United States government issued a new warning for Mauritania with a rating of 4.0.
The German government issued a new warning for Mauritania with a rating of 3.0.
The Austrian government issued a new warning for Mauritania with a rating of 5.0.
The Canadian government issued a new warning for Mauritania with a rating of 3.0.
The New Zealand government issued a new warning for Mauritania with a rating of 4.0.
The Irish government issued a new warning for Mauritania with a rating of 4.0.
Mauritania with its capital Nouakchott is a country in Africa (Western Africa), slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico (1,030,700 km²). The country is located Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara. The climate can be described as desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty. The landscape is mostly barren, flat plains of the Sahara; some central hills. With a population of about 3.36 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Nouakchott |
| Population | about 3.36 million |
| Size | 1.030.700 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico |
| Common languages | Arabic, French, Shona, Wolof |
| Currency | Ouguiya (short: MRO) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +222 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .mr |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | MR |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | MRT |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 478 |
These are problems Mauritania is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
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These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Mauritania. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
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These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Mauritania.
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Mauritania is currently rated at 3,6 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 7 official sources. Please reconsider your need to travel to Mauritania.
The score is rather high (3,6) and you should avoid all non-essential travel to Mauritania. Maybe pick another location.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 7 individual sources for Mauritania.
Mauritania has a size of 1,030,700 km² or 397,955 mi² which is slightly larger than three times the size of New Mexico.
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2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
Mali (4.7)
Algeria (2.8)
Senegal (2.3)
Western Sahara (0.0)