Good afternoon. I'd like to learn some information about Mauritania and its geography. 
 It is a country located in northwest Africa. Nouakchott is the capital city and also the biggest city in the country. General Mohamed Oueld Abdel-Aziz is the president of the country. 
 Is it landlocked or are any of its borders on a body of water? 
 The land is flat in most places and between Senegal and Western Sahara, Mali and Algeria it borders the North Atlantic ocean. 
 Okay, I didn't know it was close to the Atlantic. Are they considered an Arabic country? 
 Mauritania's official and national language is Arabic. In addition, they speak Arabic and are descendants of former slaves. 
 Are their societal standards established by their religions? 
 All teaching in the first year of primary school is in Modern Standard Arabic since 1999; in the second year, French is introduced and used to teach all scientific courses. 
 So it sounds like education is important to their society. Do they have universities there? 
 I have no further information on education unfortunately. However, Bidhan or Moors, Haratin and West Africans are the three main ethnic tiers that the local population is divided into. 
 Tiers make it sound like they have sort of a caste system like India. Thanks for all the information today. 
 You are welcome.
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