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Contact Information

The new Peace Corps bureau is located across the street from the Malien Embassy in Tevragzena.

Mailing address:
BP 222
Nouakchott, Mauritania
West Africa

Phone:
(Country Code 222) 525.16.83

Fax:
(222) 525.19.29

U.S. Embassy after hours
(222) 525-32-88

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Peace Corps Office Hours

The Peace Corps office is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday. Cashier hours for Volunteer payments and financial transactions are 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The office will be closed for Mauritanian and American holidays on dates determined by the Mauritanian government and the US Embassy.

Projected Mauritanian and American Holidays for September 2002 - August 2003

Date(A)merican
(M)auritanian
Observance
14 March*
M
Muslim New Year
01 May
M
International Labor Day
25 May
M
Journée de l'Afrique
26 May**
A
Memorial Day Observed
22May*
M
Id al-Maouloud 'Nebewi
04 July
A
US Independence Day

  *Muslim religious lunar holidays; dates of observance to be determined.
** Holidays are usually observed by the US agencies in NKC on Sundays if the holiday is on a Monday.

 

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