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Cape Verde–Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty

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Type
  
boundary delimitation

Location
  
Praia, Cape Verde

Signed
  
19 September 2003

Parties
  
Cape Verde  Mauritania

Cape Verde–Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty

Depositary
  
United Nations Secretariat

Languages
  
Arabic; French; Portuguese

The Cape Verde – Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty is a treaty between Cape Verde and Mauritania in which the two states agreed to the delimitation of their maritime boundary.

The treaty was signed at Praia on 19 September 2003 and was ratified by Cape Verde on 23 April 2004. The boundary is approximately 160 nautical miles (300 km; 180 mi) long and trends north–south; the treaty defines it in explicit maritime segments using 18 specific points.

The official name for the treaty is Treaty on the Delimitation of the Maritime Frontier between the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Republic of Cape Verde.

References

Cape Verde–Mauritania Maritime Delimitation Treaty Wikipedia