Description

GEO1_ MR2011 identifies the household's wilaya of residence within Mauritania in the 2011 MICS survey. Wilayas are the primary level of geography in Mauritania.

The first three digits of GEO1_ MR2011 provide the country code; the last three digits specify the geographic unit within the country. Leading zeros are used when the geographical unit within the country requires less than a three-digit code. Other geography variables for Mauritania includes spatiotemporally harmonized GEO1_MR and sample specific geography from GEO1_MR2007 and GEO1_MR2015.

A GIS map (in shapefile format) corresponding to GEO1_MR2011 is available on the GIS Boundary files page. The full set of geography variables for all MICS samples and countries can be found at IPUMS MICS Geography.

Comparability

In 2011, the two wilayas of Tirs-Ezemour and Inchiri were combined in order to provide representative data.

Universe

Availability

• Mauritania: 2011