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Standard:
ISO 3166 — Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
Committee:
ISO/TC 46
ICS:
01.140.30
Alpha-2 code
MR
Short name
MAURITANIA
Short name lower case
Mauritania
Full name
the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Alpha-3 code
MRT
Numeric code
478
Remarks
Independent
Yes
Territory name
Status
Officially assigned
This code is part of collection(s)
Country Codes Collection
For definition of the different code types, please click here

Additional information

Administrative language(s) alpha-2 Administrative language(s) alpha-3 Local short name
ar ara Mūrītāniyā

Subdivisions

15 region (en) / région (fr) / wilaya (ar)

List source

IGN 1986 update BET 1993; National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency GEOnet Names Server (GNS) (http://geonames.nga.mil/gns/html); http://ospun.cun.mr/index.php/fr; http://rimweb.net/decoupage-administrtaif-de-nouakchott/; http://www.ons.mr/ ; http://ar.rimweb.net/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%91%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7/

Code source

(former official region numbers) + IATA (for the district)

Subdivision category 3166-2 code Subdivision name Language code Romanization system Parent subdivision
region MR-07 Adrar ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-03 Assaba ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-05 Brakna ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-08 Dakhlet Nouâdhibou ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-04 Gorgol ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-10 Guidimaka ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-01 Hodh ech Chargui ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-02 Hodh el Gharbi ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-12 Inchiri ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-14 Nouakchott Nord fr IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-13 Nouakchott Ouest fr IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-15 Nouakchott Sud fr IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-13 Nuwākshūţ al Gharbīyah ar BGN/PCGN Arabic 1956
region MR-15 Nuwākshūţ al Janūbīyah ar BGN/PCGN Arabic 1956
region MR-14 Nuwākshūţ ash Shamālīyah ar BGN/PCGN Arabic 1956
region MR-09 Tagant ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-11 Tiris Zemmour ar IGN 1967 and conventional names
region MR-06 Trarza ar IGN 1967 and conventional names

Change history of country code

Effective date of change Short description of change (en) Short description of change (fr)
2015-11-27 Addition of regions MR-13, MR-14, MR-15; deletion of district MR-NKC; update List Source Ajout des régions MR-13, MR-14, MR-15; suppression du district MR-NKC; mise à jour de la Liste Source
2014-11-03 Update List Source Mise à jour de la Liste Source