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href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/recordings"><bdi>Recordings</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/places"><bdi>Places</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/users"><bdi>Users</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/works"><bdi>Works</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/aliases"><bdi>Aliases</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/tags"><bdi>Tags</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/details"><bdi>Details</bdi></a></li></ul></div><script type="application/json">{"collapse":true,"entity":{"entityType":"area","gid":"657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"},"numberOfRevisions":0}</script><div class="annotation"></div><script type="application/json">{"cachedWikipediaExtract":null,"entity":{"entityType":"area","gid":"657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"}}</script><div class="wikipedia-extract"></div><h2 class="relationships">Relationships</h2><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>parts:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/380d48a5-9979-4763-abf9-dfd1ea4c2f2b"><bdi>Adrar</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/f3ea15b2-6266-4710-9256-b30353176096"><bdi>Assaba</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/ff2d7188-4bd9-4428-9409-d23a95afbc14"><bdi>Brakna</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/64fe3241-3fff-4754-93f7-57cea66408d2"><bdi>Dakhlet Nouâdhibou</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/1a2e2bbc-e7a8-4b62-a06b-530de718331d"><bdi>Gorgol</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/705472e4-0b0b-46ba-9578-00aae949168d"><bdi>Guidimaka</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/5c58d7a0-e3ad-4cf1-8279-bde58d8f0a94"><bdi>Hodh ech Chargui</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/01901272-f1b2-42af-9745-a273aa14f636"><bdi>Hodh el Gharbi</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/5e5eb330-8385-4069-9f12-ffd01a184968"><bdi>Inchiri</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/81e1ef6b-e78c-4d7c-bd2d-fd76598bd413"><bdi>Nouakchott</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/40601022-030d-4df3-ae6c-f887a35f3c96"><bdi>Tagant</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/c87032ce-8954-4b5c-ae34-636820c1e5f7"><bdi>Tiris Zemmour</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/><span class="arealink"></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="/area/609a9656-f6bd-4f4c-a88d-d56a792e9213"><bdi>Trarza</bdi></a>, <span class="flag flag-MR"><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"><bdi>Mauritania</bdi></a></span><br/></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>Wikipedia:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania"><bdi>en: Mauritania</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/178c6a10-ab06-49ad-93b1-288e6d2eb223">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Wikidata:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025"><bdi>Q1025</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/5cd0fc5a-b66f-4146-8aa3-b86db3e5b11c">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Geonames:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="http://sws.geonames.org/2378080/"><bdi>http://sws.geonames.org/2378080/</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/d2fb9a51-2b3d-4198-85e3-37a1dcf53205">info</a>]<br/></td></tr></tbody></table><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/area/index-185e4fe.js" async=""></script></div><div id="sidebar"><script type="application/json">{"cachedImage":null,"entity":{"entityType":"area","gid":"657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40"}}</script><div class="commons-image"></div><h2 class="area-information">Area information</h2><dl class="properties"><dt>Type:</dt><dd class="type">Country</dd><dt>ISO 3166-1:</dt><dd class="iso-3166-1">MR</dd></dl><div id="sidebar-tags"><h2>Tags</h2><h3>Genres</h3><div class="genre-list"><p>(none)</p></div><h3>Other tags</h3><div id="sidebar-tag-list"><p><a href="/tag/africa">africa</a>, <a href="/tag/un%20member%20state">un member state</a>, <a href="/tag/western%20africa">western africa</a></p></div><p><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/tags"><bdi>See all tags</bdi></a></p></div><h2 class="external-links">External links</h2><ul class="external_links"><li class="wikipedia-favicon"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania">en: Mauritania</a></li><li class="geonames-favicon"><a href="http://sws.geonames.org/2378080/">GeoNames</a></li><li class="wikidata-favicon"><a href="//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1025">Wikidata: Q1025</a></li></ul><h2 class="editing">Editing</h2><ul class="links"><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/open_edits"><bdi>Open edits</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/edits"><bdi>Editing history</bdi></a></li></ul><h2 class="collections">Collections</h2><ul class="links"><li><a href="/area/657e69c5-cda0-3592-9d39-85b55610bc40/collections"><bdi>Found in 2 user 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