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  • Title: [Mauritania].
    Journal: Jeune Afr; ; 36(1843-1844):72. PubMed ID: 12347099.
    Abstract:
    The capital of Mauritania is Nouakchott. As of 1995, Mauritania had a population of 2.3 million governed by a presidential regime. 1994 gross national product and per capita income were, respectively, $1.1 billion and $480. Per capita income grew at 0.2% per year over the period 1985-94. In 1994, Mauritania owed $2.3 billion, then being serviced at $188 million. For the same year, Mauritania exported $451 million in goods and services and imported $587 million. As of 1995, the population was growing in size by 2.5% annually. In 1992-93, life expectancy at birth was 51.5 years, the infant mortality rate was 101 per 1000 births, 45% had access to health services, and 66% had access to drinkable water. Other data are presented on the country's topography, climate and vegetation, demographics, principal cities, population distribution, religions, political structure, economics and finances, foreign commerce, and transportation and communications.
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