Flag of Mauritania

Africa · Capital: Nouakchott

• Country: Mauritania
• Region: Africa
• Capital: Nouakchott
• Country code: MR

How to recognise it

Green with a yellow crescent and star, and horizontal yellow stripes top and bottom.

Did you know?

Mauritania was the last country in the world to officially abolish slavery, in 1981 (criminalized in 2007).

Easily confused with

Mauritania's flag is often mixed up with these — learn to tell them apart:

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