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    • .mr

    Country-code top-level domains

    Overview

    • .mr is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Mauritania.
    • Managed by NIC-Mauritanie within Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya.
    • Registrations are popular within Mauritania and intended for entities connected with the country.

    History

    • Delegated by ICANN to the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Nouakchott in April 1996 (introduced 24 April 1996).
    • At the time of delegation Mauritania was not yet connected to the internet; the Research Institute for Development (IRD) in Montpellier, France hosted the .mr name servers initially.
    • In April 2000, after required infrastructure was in place, the Network Information Center (NIC) at the Faculty of Science and Technology began hosting the .mr name servers.

    Internationalized domain name

    • On 27 January 2019 ICANN approved delegation of the Arabic-script internationalized ccTLD موريتانيا. to Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya.
    • As of December 2022, registry-provided information on registration under the Arabic TLD was not available.

    Usage and Audience

    • Intended for entities connected with Mauritania.
    • Common users include Mauritanian individuals, organizations, educational institutions and government entities.
    • Second-level usage examples (see Registration Rules for details): gov.mr, org.mr, edu.mr, perso.mr.

    Registration Rules

    • Eligible registrants include:

      • Natural persons residing in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania;
      • Natural persons of Mauritanian nationality residing abroad;
      • Legal entities with headquarters or principal establishment in Mauritania, a member state of the Arab Maghreb Union, or a member state of ECOWAS;
      • Foreign legal entities holding a trademark covering Mauritania and requesting a matching domain;
      • Legal entities holding national or international trademarks identifiable in global trademark databases and requesting a matching domain.

    • Contact and holder requirements:

      • Domain holder and administrative contact must remain reachable during the registration period and must provide a valid phone number, physical address, email address and accurate identification details; these must be kept up to date through the registrar.

    • Reserved terms (may be registered only by NIC Mauritania) include: "mr", "nic", "www", "org", "gov", "com", "edu", "perso", "net", "web", "w3", "whois", "Office-d-enregistrement" (and variants), "asso", "gouv", "info", "bureaudenregistrement".

    • Second-level domains and intended use:

      • .gov.mr — governmental entities (registration handled directly by NIC Mauritania on government instruction; requires a signed request from the representing authority).
      • .org.mr — associations and non-profit organizations established in Mauritania.
      • .edu.mr — public or private educational institutions.
      • .perso.mr — individuals.

    • Syntax and character rules for ASCII .mr names:

      • Allowed characters: lowercase letters a–z, digits 0–9, and hyphen (-).
      • Names cannot begin or end with a hyphen.
      • Names cannot contain a hyphen in both the 3rd and 4th positions.
      • Maximum length is 63 characters.

    Operator

    Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya

    Whois

    % IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object

domain:       MR

organisation: Université de Nouakchott Al Aasriya
address:      BP 5026
address:      Nouakchott
address:      Mauritania

contact:      administrative
name:         Ahmedou Ould Haouba
organisation: Faculté des Sciences et Techniques
address:      BP 5026
address:      Nouakchott
address:      Mauritania
phone:        +222 46 46 83 17
e-mail:       haouba@nic.mr

contact:      technical
name:         Ahmed Salem Ould Cheikh
organisation: Faculte de Sciences et Techniques, UNA
address:      BP 5026
address:      Nouakchott
address:      Mauritania
phone:        +222 36 30 76 01
e-mail:       ahdsalem@nic.mr

nserver:      NS-MR.AFRINIC.NET 196.216.168.53 2001:43f8:120:0:0:0:0:53
nserver:      NS-MR.NIC.FR 194.0.9.1 2001:678:c:0:0:0:0:1
nserver:      NS1.NIC.MR 193.146.150.193
nserver:      NS2.NIC.MR 82.151.64.2
nserver:      NS3.NIC.MR 2001:500:14:6135:ad:0:0:1 204.61.216.135
ds-rdata:     24775 8 2 949e0aaf97f494ed93976a84dcb1b2654a8c35e6208009c50d54a9ad8fe88fa3

whois:        whois.nic.mr

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.nic.mr

created:      1996-04-24
changed:      2021-06-04
source:       IANA

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