Ouguiya

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Ouguiya - أوقية
Country: MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania
Subdivision: 5 khoums (خمس)
ISO 4217 code : MRU
Abbreviation: AROUND
Exchange rate :
(29 Mar 2020)

1  EUR  = 41.52 MRU
100 MRU = 2.4083 EUR

1  CHF  = 38.63 MRU
100 MRU = 2.58893 CHF

The Ouguiya or Ouguija ( Arabic أوقية, DMG Ūqīya , from Latin uncia , 'unit', 'one twelfth', 'ounce', and related to the Greek ούγκία ) is the currency of Mauritania . An Ouguiya is in 5  Khoums ( Arabic خمس Chumus , DMG Ḫumus  'fifth'; Abbreviation: KH ). This makes the Mauritanian currency, next to Madagascar , the only one in the world thatdeviatesfrom the decimal system .

The ouguiya has been the official currency in Mauritania since 1973, before that Mauritania was a member of the West African Monetary Union and the CFA franc was used . When the currency was changed, 5 CFA francs were exchanged for one Ouguiya.

Ouguiya until the end of 2017

The 1 ouguiya coin had disappeared because of its low value, the 5 ouguiya coin was rare. The coins of 10, 20 and 50 Ouguiya were often in use. The banknotes in circulation had values ​​of 100, 200, 500, 1000 and 2000 Ouguiya. In 2010 a new 5000 Ouguiya note was introduced.

Currency reform

On December 5, 2017, the Banque Centrale de Mauritanie announced a new denomination (reduction of 10 units) of the Ouguiya at the turn of the year 2018. At the same time, a new series of banknotes made of polypropylene was issued and new coins were introduced. MRU / 929 were defined as the ISO codes of the new Ouguiya, the codes MRO / 478 designate the old Ouguiya.

Coins
value description
front back
1/5 fish Seal of Mauritania
1 teapot
5 Ardin and drum
10 Beef
20th Dromedaries
Banknotes
value colour description
front back
50 violet Minaret of the Ibn Abbas Mosque in Nouakchott Musical instruments ( Tidinit and Ardin ), teapot
100 green Minaret of the mosque in Oualata Cattle, grain
200 yellow Minaret of the mosque in Ouadane Dromedaries, goats, palm fronds
500 blue Minaret of the mosque in Tichitt Fishing boats, fish
1000 red Minaret of the mosque in Chinguetti Nouadhibou – M'Haoudat railway line , electricity pylons, binary code

  • Mauritanian coins 2009

  • Coin from 2018

literature

  • Frank Stocker: Wonderful sham world of Africa. 2014, p. 58 f.

Web links

Commons : Mauritanian Money  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Lokotsch : Etymological dictionary of the European (Germanic, Romanic and Slavic) words of oriental origin . Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1927; 2nd, unchanged edition 1975 (=  Indo-European Library , 2), ISBN 353302427X , p. 127 f.
  2. ↑ Press release of the Banque Centrale de Mauritanie on the new nomination , accessed on December 6, 2017
  3. ↑ Presentation of the Banque Centrale de Mauritanie on currency reform , accessed on December 6, 2017
  4. ↑ www.currency-iso.org , accessed on March 16, 2018.
  5. ^ Coins on the Central Bank's homepage
  6. ↑ Banknotes on the Central Bank's homepage