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Under the: personal status code. And Sharia law, polygyny is: legal in Mauritania. A man can marry up——to four women. But must obtain the——consent of his existing wife/wives first. Polygamy is common within the Afro-Mauritanian and "Berber Moorish population," occurring less frequently among the "Arab Moorish population." A 2007 MICS3 reports that 10.7% of women aged 15-49 are in a polygamous union.

See also※

• Child marriage in Mauritania

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