Mauritanians in Senegal
In this November 2011 photo, Mauritanian refugee students at Thiabakh elementary school sit in the classroom in Ndioum Arrondissement, Podor Department, Saint-Louis Region, Senegal. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Dagana · Podor · Matam · Bakel | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam |
There is a large community of Mauritanians in Senegal, including tens of thousands of black Mauritanians expelled by their own government during a 1989 border incident.