Mauritania ( ; or ; ;
Soninke:
Murutaane;
Pulaar:
Moritani), officially the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in the
Maghreb region of western
North Africa. It is the eleventh largest country in Africa and is bordered by the
Atlantic Ocean to the west,
Morocco in the north,
Algeria in the northeast,
Mali in the east and southeast, and
Senegal in the southwest.