.mr

ccTLD
Type	ccTLD
Country
Implemented	April 24, 1996
Registry	Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya
Websites	nic.mr

.mr is the ccTLD for Mauritania. It is managed by Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya.

Rules and Restrictions

Entities eligible to register or renew a domain name under namespaces managed by NIC Mauritania include:

• natural persons residing in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania;
• natural persons of Mauritanian nationality residing abroad;
• legal entities with a headquarters or principal establishment located in:
  • Mauritania;
  • a member state of the Arab Maghreb Union; or
  • a member state of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS);
• foreign legal entities holding a trademark that covers the territory of Mauritania and requesting a matching domain;
• legal entities holding national or international trademarks identifiable in global trademark databases and requesting a matching domain.

Contact Requirements

The domain name holder and the administrative contact must remain reachable throughout the registration period. Each must provide the registrar with:

• a valid phone number;
• a physical address;
• an email address;
• accurate identification details.

These must be kept up to date through the registrar without delay.

Reserved Terms

The following terms are reserved and may only be registered by NIC Mauritania: "mr", "nic", "www", "org", "gov", "com", "edu", "perso", "net", "web", "w3", "whois", "Office-d-enregistrement", "Officedenregistrement", "Office-enregistrement", "officeenregistrement", "officenregistrement", "asso", "gouv", "info" and "bureaudenregistrement".

Second-level Domains

Under the .mr top-level domain, the following second-level domain structures are defined:

• .org.mr: for associations and non-profit organizations established in Mauritania;
• .edu.mr: for public or private educational institutions;
• .perso.mr: for individual persons;
• .gov.mr: reserved for the Mauritanian government.

.gov.mr Specific Provisions

Only government entities of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania may register under .gov.mr. Registration requires a signed request from the authority representing the government institution, using a dedicated form

Domains under ".gov.mr" are registered directly by NIC Mauritania, on instruction from the government, without going through third-party registrars.

Characters

Domain names registered under .mr in ASCII must only use the following characters:

• lowercase Latin letters: a–z;
• digits: 0–9;
• hyphen: "-".

ASCII domain names cannot:

• begin or end with a hyphen;
• contain a hyphen in both the 3rd and 4th positions;
• exceed 63 characters in length.

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".

American Standard Code for Information Interchange