Mooritaniyah

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Republic of Mooritaniyah
Tawset tan Mooritaniyah
ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵏ ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵟⴰⵏⵢⴰ
Tagduda n Mouriṭanya
République de Mooritaniyah
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CapitalIḍn
Largest cityNouakchott
Official languagesArabic
Recognised national languagesTamazight
Touareg
Hassaniya Arabic
SpokenFrench
Religion
(2100)
55.9% Islam
38.7% Christians
3.6% Jewish
1.8% Other
Demonym(s)Mooritanian

Climate

Mooritaniyah features a hot desert climate (BWh) with very high temperatures all over the year and arid conditions in most of the territory. During summer, diurnal temperatures easily exceed 45 °C (113 °F) when there's not even a single cloud in the sky. However, at night, temperatures can reach below 10 °C (50 °F) even in the aestival season.

Climate data for Iḍn
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 37.5
(99.5)
39.8
(103.6)
43.7
(110.7)
43.9
(111.0)
44.6
(112.3)
44.9
(112.8)
44.9
(112.8)
45.2
(113.4)
45.2
(113.4)
44.9
(112.8)
42.0
(107.6)
38.7
(101.7)
42.9
(109.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 32.5
(90.5)
34.3
(93.7)
36.6
(97.9)
36.9
(98.4)
37.2
(99.0)
37.3
(99.1)
37.4
(99.3)
37.5
(99.5)
37.0
(98.6)
36.9
(98.4)
35.3
(95.5)
33.4
(92.1)
36.0
(96.8)
Average low °C (°F) 27.5
(81.5)
28.9
(84.0)
29.5
(85.1)
29.9
(85.8)
29.9
(85.8)
29.7
(85.5)
29.9
(85.8)
29.8
(85.6)
28.9
(84.0)
29.0
(84.2)
28.6
(83.5)
28.1
(82.6)
29.1
(84.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 36.3
(1.43)
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0
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36.8
(1.45)
73.1
(2.88)
Average precipitation days 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5

Religion

Since the decriminalization of apostasy, Mooritaniyah became a secular state. However, most of the population still adheres to Islam, being mostly Sunni and Sufi. The 2035 Constitution reform brought a secular state, decriminalizing apostasy and religious freedom, the question regarding religion in the National census was also supressed. A 55.9% of the population declared to be Muslim

  Islam (55.9%)
  Christianity (38.7%)
  Jewish (3.6%)
  Other (1.8%)