(1976-1977) ; Enquête ; Géographie de l'Afrique ; Mauritanie ; Méthodologie ; Nomadisme ; Population ; Recensement
The first general census of Mauritania took place recently: the so-called sedentary population was enumerated in December 1976, and the so-called Nomads between February and April, 1977. Previously, the different sections of the Mauritanian
population had been enumerated separately, e.g. the count of the nomadic population in 1965. As is to be expected, it is chiefly the enumeration of the Nomads which presents problems. In order to obtain a representative sample, difficulties of definition