Mauritanian ouguiya

Mauritanian ouguiya
أوقية موريتانية (Arabic) ; Ouguiya (French);
ISO 4217
Code	MRU (numeric: 929) ; before 2017: MRO
Subunit	0.01
Unit
Plural	ouguiya
Symbol	UM‎
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄5	khoums
Banknotes	20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 ouguiya
Coins
Freq. used	1, 2, 5, 10, 20 ouguiya
Rarely used	1 khoums
Demographics
User(s)	Mauritania
Issuance
Central bank	Banque Centrale de Mauritanie
Website	www.bcm.mr
Printer	Canadian Bank Note Company
Website	cbnco.com
Valuation
Inflation	2.2%
Source	The World Factbook, 2019 est.

The ouguiya (Arabic: أوقية موريتانية (IPA: [uɡija]); sign: UM; code: MRU), at one time spelled "ougiya",^[5] is the currency of Mauritania. Each ouguiya constitutes five khoums (meaning "one fifth").

The current ouguiya was introduced in 2018, replacing the old ouguiya at a rate of 1 new ouguiya = 10 old ouguiya, which in turn replaced the CFA franc at a rate of 1 old ouguiya = 5 francs. The name ouguiya (أوقية) is the Hassaniya Arabic pronunciation of uqiyyah أُوقِية), meaning "ounce".

^ "ISO 4217 Amendment Number 165". .currency-iso.org. 14 December 2017.
^ Billets Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Banque Centrale de Mauritanie
^ "Pièces". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
^ "Introduction de billets de banque en polymère" [Introduction of polymer banknotes] (PDF) (in French and Arabic). Banque Centrale de Mauritanie. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2023. Ces billets seront imprimés à la Canadian Bank Note Company, à Ottawa (Canada)./ستتم طباعتها في شركة البنكنوت الكندية في أوتاوا، كندا. [These notes will be printed at the Canadian Bank Note Company, in Ottawa, Canada.]
^ "Home : Oxford English Dictionary".

[amendment-165-1] "ISO 4217 Amendment Number 165". .currency-iso.org. 14 December 2017.

[2] Billets Archived 2008-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Banque Centrale de Mauritanie

[3] "Pièces". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

[CBNC-4] "Introduction de billets de banque en polymère" [Introduction of polymer banknotes] (PDF) (in French and Arabic). Banque Centrale de Mauritanie. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2023. Ces billets seront imprimés à la Canadian Bank Note Company, à Ottawa (Canada)./ستتم طباعتها في شركة البنكنوت الكندية في أوتاوا، كندا. [These notes will be printed at the Canadian Bank Note Company, in Ottawa, Canada.]

[5] "Home : Oxford English Dictionary".

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أوقية موريتانية (Arabic) Ouguiya (French)
ISO 4217
Code	MRU (numeric: 929) before 2017: MRO^[1]
Subunit	0.01
Unit
Plural	ouguiya
Symbol	UM‎
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄5	khoums
Banknotes	20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000 ouguiya^[2]
Coins
Freq. used	1, 2, 5, 10, 20 ouguiya^[3]
Rarely used	1 khoums
Demographics
User(s)	Mauritania
Issuance
Central bank	Banque Centrale de Mauritanie
Website	www.bcm.mr
Printer	Canadian Bank Note Company^[4]
Website	cbnco.com
Valuation
Inflation	2.2%
Source	The World Factbook, 2019 est.