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Area : 397954  sq.mi - Population 3270065 hab.
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In Mauritania, food goes hand in hand with hospitality. Have a taste of the national drink: green China tea with fresh mint. If you are invited under a tent, respectfully accept the honour of the tea ritual, from the sweetest to the most bitter. If you get the opportunity, do taste zrigh, fresh or curdled camel milk. Also try the mutton and camel, presented in one dish, which everybody picks out of with their right hand (the left hand being reserved for intimate cleansing). You will find couscous, rice, sorghum or millet, as side dishes which are usually drizzled with rancid melted butter. Savour the fish and lobster dishes in Nouakchott and remember that most meals are served with tea and dates, the latter becoming ripe at the beginning of July.