Nouakchott

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Nouakchott

Total population

958,399

Elevation7 m

Land area1000 km²

Coordinates18.08°, -15.98°

Demographic figures from ANSADE Mauritania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania. Located in the southwestern part of the country, it is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city also serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Mauritania

• Tazeh Shahr
  3875.6 mi away · pop. 8,629
• Ivughli
  3905.4 mi away · pop. 3,320
• Mohammadyar
  3917.3 mi away · pop. 8,905
• Shendabad
  3926.4 mi away · pop. 8,489
• Ajab Shir
  3939.1 mi away · pop. 33,606
• Bonab-e-Jadid
  3942.3 mi away · pop. 4,430
• Ilkhchi
  3944.9 mi away · pop. 15,231
• Malekan
  3950.1 mi away · pop. 31,487
• al kharib
  3988.3 mi away · pop. 450
• Fazelabad
  4016.8 mi away · pop. 19,461
• Sonqor
  4032.8 mi away · pop. 44,000
• Meshginshahr
  4037.9 mi away · pop. 66,830

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Nouakchott

City Maps Nouakchott Mauritania

James McFee · 2017

The 2005 Economic and Product Market Databook for Nouakchott, Mauritania

2005

The 2006 Economic and Product Market Databook for Nouakchott, Mauritania

Philip M. Parker · 2006

Droits culturels et traitement des violences

Colloque "Droits culturels et traitement des violences" (2007 Nouakchott, Mauritania) · 2008

Summary report of the Regional Seminar on Desertification, Nouakchott, October 29 to November 4, 1984

Regional Seminar on Desertification (1984 Nouakchott, Mauritania) · 1985

Proposal for a regional strategy of desertification control

Regional Seminar on Desertification (1984 Nouakchott, Mauritania) · 1985

Le fonds "Mauritanie"

Centre culturel français Saint-Exupéry (Nouakchott, Mauritania) · 1996

L' intégration de la variable population dans la planification du développement

Colloque de démographie maghrébine (7th 1988 Nouakchott, Mauritania) · 1988

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