Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)

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The Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage) refers to Mauritania during the period when it officially styled itself as an Islamic republic, emphasizing Islam as the foundation of its political and legal identity.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political entity ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
bordersCountry Algeria ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
Western Sahara ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Sahara
colonialPower France ⓘ
colonialPredecessor French West Africa ⓘ
constitutionalIdentity Islamic republic ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple Islam as source of legislation ⓘ
Islam as state religion ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryName Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
currency ouguiya ⓘ
governmentType Islamic republic ⓘ
presidential republic ⓘ
hasCapital Nouakchott ⓘ
hasDeFactoLanguage Hassaniya Arabic ⓘ
hasFlagDescription green field with crescent and star (with later addition of red stripes) ⓘ
hasMajorEthnicGroups Arab-Berber (Bidan or Moors) ⓘ
Black African communities ⓘ
Haratine ⓘ
hasNationalIdentity Islamic and Arab-African ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
hasOfficialReligion Islam ⓘ
hasWidelySpokenLanguage Pulaar ⓘ
Soninke ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
hasWidelyUsedLanguage French ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Mauritania ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
independenceFrom France ⓘ
legalSystemBasedOn Islamic law ⓘ
legalSystemIncludes Sharia ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Sahel region ⓘ
linked to: Sahel

West Africa ⓘ
memberOf African Union ⓘ
Arab League ⓘ
Arab Maghreb Union ⓘ
G5 Sahel ⓘ
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
populationMajorityReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
shortName Mauritania ⓘ
successorState Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
UNMemberState true ⓘ
usesDemonym Mauritanian ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic Republic → hasNotableExample → Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage) ⓘ
United States Ambassador to Mauritania → jurisdiction → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal → memberState → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Parliament of Mauritania → jurisdiction → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
National Assembly building, Nouakchott → politicalSystemContext → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
President of Mauritania → appliesToJurisdiction → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Constitution of Mauritania → establishesFormOfState → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Podor, Senegal → nearBorderWith → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Government of Mauritania → country → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
subject linked to: government of Mauritania
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Zouerate → partOf → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Arab League member states → hasMember → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage) → countryName → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage) → successorState → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz → governed → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)
Embassy of the United States in Nouakchott → hostCountry → Islamic Republic of Mauritania ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Republic of Mauritania (historical usage)