Back Nouakchott ACE Нуакшот ADY Nouakchott Afrikaans ኑዋክሾት Amharic Nouakchott AN نواكشوط Arabic نواكشوط ARY نواكشوط ARZ Nuakxot AST Nouakchott AVK
Nouakchott
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From the top to bottom-right, View of the City, Saudi Mosque, Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière Tower, Presidential Palace, Avenue Général de Gaulle City view of Nouakchott | |
  Nouakchott Map of Mauritania showing Nouakchott  Nouakchott Nouakchott (Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 18°05′09″N 15°58′43″W / 18.08581°N 15.9785°W[1] | |
| Country |  Mauritania |
| Capital district | Nouakchott |
| Government | |
| • Council president | Fatimatou Abdel Malick |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,000 km2 (400 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2019 census) | |
| • Total | 1,195,600 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Website | crn |
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Nouakchott (/nwækˈʃɒt, nwɑː-/; French: [nwakʃɔt]; Arabic: نواكشوط, romanized: Nuwākshūṭ; Berber: Nwakcoṭ, originally derived from Berber: Nawākšūṭ, "place of the winds")[2] 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.[3] The city also serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania.
Once a mid-sized coastal village, Nouakchott was selected as the capital for the nascent nation of Mauritania, with construction beginning in 1958. It was originally designed to accommodate a population of 15,000, but experienced significant population growth in the 1970s when many Mauritanians fled their home villages due to drought and increasing desertification. Many of the newcomers settled in slum areas of the city that were poorly maintained and extremely overcrowded. By the mid-1980s, Nouakchott's population was estimated to be between 400,000 to 500,000.[4]
As of 2019[update], the city had a population of nearly 1.2 million people and serves as the hub of the Mauritanian economy. It is home to a deepwater port and Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport, one of the country's two international airports. It also hosts the University of Nouakchott and several other more specialized institutions of higher learning.
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- ^ Lorenz, Ralph D.; Zimbelman, James R. (2014). Dune Worlds: How Windblown Sand Shapes Planetary Landscapes. Heidelberg: Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-540-89725-5. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-07-10. page 273.
- ^ "The Sahara: Facts, Climate and Animals of the Desert". Live Science. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ Handloff, Robert E. (1990). Mauritania: A Country Study. Federal Research Division. p. 50. ISBN 9780160197970.
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