🌙The crescent and star are symbols of Islam. The red stripes were added in 2017 to represent the blood of defenders of the nation.
🏜️Mauritania is mostly Sahara Desert — about 90% of the country is desert, making it one of the least densely populated countries in the world.
🐫Mauritania has one of the world's last populations of wild camels and is an important country for nomadic desert cultures.
⛏️Mauritania has vast deposits of iron ore — the railway that carries it across the desert is one of the longest trains in the world!