Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Dimdima
Online Children's Magazine from India
Mauritania in western Africa is about the size of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan put together, but has a population of less than 3 million, most of whom are Arabic-speaking Moors. Black Africans form a large minority.
Nearly half the country is desert. Most of the people live in the southern part of the country where there is enough rainfall to support farming and agriculture, the mainstay of the economy.
Low literacy and bad roads and communications network are hampering the development of the country.
Exports include gum arabic, livestock and iron ore. Formerly a French overseas territory, Mauritania became independent on 28 November 1960.
Nouakchott is the capital and largest city.
Last updated on :12/5/2001
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Area : 1,031,000 sq km
Capital : Nouakchott
Population : 2,912,584
Language : Arabic (official), Fulfulde, Soninke, Wolof, French
Currency : 1 ouguiya (UM), consisting of 5 khoums
Dimdima is the Sanskrit word for ‘drumbeat’. In olden days, victory in battle was heralded by the beat of drums or any important news to be conveyed to the people used to be accompanied with drumbeats.
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Dimdima.com, the Children's Website of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan launched in 2000 and came out with a Printed version of Dimdima Magazine in 2004. At present the Printed Version have more than 35,000 subscribers from India and Abroad.