The Regions of Mauritania are subdivided into 44 departments. The departments are listed below, by region:MAURITANIA: Administrative Division Departments and Communes
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Adrar Region Adrar ( ar, ولاية أدرار) is a large administrative region in Mauritania, named for the Adrar Plateau. The capital is Atar. Other major towns include Choum, Chinguetti and Ouadane. The region borders Western Sahara and the Mauritania ...

* Atar Department * Chinguetti Department * Oujeft Department * Ouadane Department

Assaba Region Assaba ( ar, ولاية العصابة) is a Regions of Mauritania, region in southern Mauritania, covering an area of 36,600 square km. It had a population of 325,897 at the 2013 Census. Its capital is Kiffa, Kifa. Other major cities/towns inclu ...

* Aftout Department * Boumdeid Department * Guerou Department * Kankossa Department * Kiffa Department

Brakna Region

* Aleg Department * Bababe Department * Bogué Department *

M'Bagne Department M'Bagne is a department of Brakna Region in Mauritania. It includes the cities of M'Bagne, Niabina Niabina is a town and commune in the Brakna Region of southern Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie ...

Magtar Lahjar Department Magtar Lahjar is a department of Brakna Region in Mauritania. List of municipalities in the department The Magtar Lahjar department is made up of following municipalities: * Djonaba * Magta-Lahjar * Ouad Emour * Sangrave Sangrave is a ...

Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region ( ar, ولاية داخلة نواذيبو, ''Wilayat Dakhlet Nouadhibou'', "Interior Nouadhibou Region") is an administrative division of Mauritania. Its regional capital is Nouadhibou, which is located at its northwe ...

* Nouadhibou Department

Gorgol Region

* Kaedi Department * M'Bout Department * Maghama Department * Monguel Department

Guidimaka Region

* Ould Yenge Department * Sélibaby Department

Hodh Ech Chargui Region Hodh Ech Chargui ( ar, ولاية الحوض الشرقي, "Eastern Basin Region") is a large region in eastern Mauritania, with an area of 182,700 km2. Its capital is Néma, but the largest town, in Bassiknou Department, is Fassala (or Vass ...

* Amourj Department * Bassikounou Department * Djigueni Department * Néma Department * Oualata Department * Timbedra Department

Hodh El Gharbi Region

* Ayoun el Atrous Department * Kobenni Department * Tamchekket Department * Tintane Department

Inchiri Region

* Akjoujt Department

Nouakchott-Nord Region Nouakchott-Nord ( ar, نواكشوط الشمالية) is a Regions of Mauritania, region in Mauritania. It comprises the three northwestern Departments of Mauritania, departments of Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott: Dar-Naim, Teyarett and To ...

* Dar-Naim Department * Teyarett Department * Toujouonine Department

Nouakchott-Ouest Region Nouakchott-Ouest ( ar, نواكشوط الغربية) is a region in Mauritania. It comprises the three northeastern departments of Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott: Ksar, Sebkha and Tevragh-Zeina. Its headquarters are at Tevragh-Zeina and ...

* Ksar Department * Sebkha Department * Tevragh-Zeina Department

Nouakchott-Sud Region

* Arafat Department * El Mina Department * Riyad Department

Tagant Region

* Moudjeria Department * Tichit Department * Tidjikja Department

Tiris Zemmour Region

* Bir Moghrein Department * Fderîck Department * Zouérat Department

Trarza Region Trarza ( ar, ولاية الترارزة) is a region in southwest Mauritania. Its capital is Rosso. Other major cities and towns include Mederdra and Boutilimit. Trarza borders the regions of Inchiri and Adrar to the north, Brakna to the east, ...

* Boutilimit Department *

Keur Massene Department Keur Massene is a department of Trarza Region in Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic R ...

* Mederdra Department *

Ouad Naga Department Ouad Naga is a department of Trarza Region in Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Repu ...

* R'Kiz Department * Rosso Department