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As Mauritania prepared for independence, it lacked a capital city. The area of present-day Nouakchott was chosen by Moktar Ould Daddah, the first President of Mauritania, and his advisors. Ould Daddah desired the new capital to symbolize modernity and national unity, which ruled out existing cities or towns in the interior.
The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast. General reference. An enlargeable basic map of Mauritania. Pronunciation: / m ...
By land area Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and 28th-largest in the world; 90% of its territory is in the Sahara. Most of its population of some 4.3 million lives in the temperate south of the country, with roughly a third concentrated in the capital and largest city, Nouakchott, on the Atlantic coast.
This is a list of traditional Arabic place names.This list includes: Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them.; Places whose official names include an Arabic form.
Mauritania is divided into 12 wilayahs and capital district in Nouakchott, its capital district. These wilayahs are subdivided into 53 mouaghataas, or departments. [1] There are 216 communes of Mauritania. The regions and capital district (in alphabetical order) and their capitals are:
Aleg is the capital of the Brakna Region, in Mauritania. It is located at at 17°3′0″N 13°55′0″W / 17.05000°N 13.91667°W / 17.05000; -13. Background
This is a list of cities in Mauritania by population. All settlements with a population over 10,000 are listed. Cities in Mauritania Rank Name Population Region
Atar (Arabic: أطار, Berber for mountain) is a town in northwestern Mauritania, the capital of the Adrar Region and the main settlement on the Adrar Plateau. Situated on the Oued Seguellil, it is home to an airport, a museum and a historic mosque, constructed in 1674. In 2023, it had a population of 35,170. [1]