Mauritania Civil Registration

Offices to Contact
Agence nationale du registre des populations et des titres sécurisés (ANRPTS) (National Agency for the Register of Population and Securities) Nouakchott, Mauritania

The Centre d'accueil des citoyens (CAC) (Citizens’ Reception Centre or Enrollment Center) of the commune where the birth, marriage, divorce, or death was registered.

Historical Background
In the late 1800s, France colonized parts of Mauritania and steadily increased its area of domination. Mauritania became independent in 1960.

"National Agency for the Population Register and secure documents (ANRPTS) (Agence nationale du registre des populations et des titres sécurisés) is in charge of civil registration and issuance of ID cards, birth and marriage certificate and passports. The ANRPTS has various office across the country that can proceed with verification and confirmation of documents."

Birth Records
Regarding the child
 * Name
 * Gender
 * Date of birth
 * Place of birth
 * Place of registration

Regarding the mother
 * Name
 * Date of birth or age
 * Place of birth
 * Occupation
 * Usual residence

Regarding the father
 * Name
 * Date of birth or age
 * Place of birth
 * Occupation
 * Place of usual residence

Marriage Records
Concerning the Spouses:
 * Denomination of the act
 * Names
 * Dates and places of their births
 * Occupations and domiciles
 * National identification numbers

Concerning the 'Wely' Guardian:
 * Name
 * Date and place of birth
 * Nationality
 * Domicile
 * National identification number

Concerning the duly constituted representatives of the spouses:
 * Name
 * Date and place of birth
 * Occupation
 * Domicile
 * National identification numbers

Concerning the Witnesses:
 * Names
 * Addresses
 * Nationalities
 * National Identification numbers

Concerning the Father and Mother of the Spouses:
 * Names
 * Domicile
 * Nationalities

Death Records

 * Name
 * Gender
 * Date of birth or age
 * Place of birth
 * Occupation
 * Place of habitual residence
 * Marital status
 * Place of burial
 * National identification number
 * Name of the deceased’s spouse
 * Date of death
 * Place death
 * Date of registration
 * Place of registration
 * Cause of death
 * Certifier
 * Place of burial
 * Name of the declarant, profession, relationship to the deceased, residence


 * Names of witnesses and their national identification numbers
 * Names of the father and mother of deceased, with their profession, residence and nationality
 * References to the extract from the register of deaths or judicial decision