Mauritanian ouguiya

MRO is also the acronym for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The Mauritanian ouguiya (Arabic: أوقية; ISO 4217: MRO) is the currency of Mauritania. The only circulating currency other than the Malagasy ariary whose division units are not based on a power of ten, each ouguiya is comprised of five khoums خمس. As of January 19, 2005, 1 Euro is worth 335.049 ouguiya, while 1 US dollar is worth 258.100 ouguiya

Coins in circulation

• 0.2 Khoums
• 1 Khoums
• 1 Ouguiya
• 5 Ouguiya
• 10 Ouguiya
• 20 Ouguiya

Banknotes in circulation

• 100 Ouguiya
• 200 Ouguiya
• 500 Ouguiya
• 1000 Ouguiya

New banknotes were introduced in 2004 to upgrade security features. They include all the same denominations but with a new 2000 Ouguiya banknote.

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Currencies of Africa
North	Algerian dinar | Egyptian pound | Libyan dinar | Mauritanian Ouguiya | Moroccan Dirham | Sudanese dinar | Tunisian dinar
Central	Burundi franc | Central African CFA franc (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon)) | Congolese franc | Angolan Kwanza | Rwandan franc
West	Cape Verde Escudo | Gambian Dalasi | Ghanaian Cedi | Guinean franc | Biffeche Dinar-Haut | Liberian dollar | Nigerian Naira | São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra | Sierra Leonean Leone | West African CFA franc (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo)
East	Comorian franc | Djiboutian franc | Eritrean Nakfa | Ethiopian Birr | Kenyan shilling | Seychelles Rupee | Somali shilling | Tanzanian shilling | Ugandan shilling
South	Botswana Pula | Euro (Réunion) | Lesotho Loti | Malawian kwacha | Malagasy ariary | Mauritian Rupee | Mozambique Metical | Namibian dollar | Saint Helenian pound | South African Rand | Swaziland Lilangeni | Zambian Kwacha | Zimbabwe dollar </table>

See also: Mauritanian ouguiya, 2005, Africa, Algerian dinar, Arabic language, Ariary, Banknote