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Nouadhibou (/ ˈ n w æ d iː b uː, ˈ n w ɑː-/; Arabic: نواذيبو, Hassaniyya: ⓘ;formerly in French: Port-Étienne) is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial center. The city has about 173,000 inhabitants. [1]
Dakhlet Nouadhibou region (Arabic: ولاية داخلة نواذيبو, romanized: wilāyat dāxlet nwaḏību, lit. 'Nouadhibou Peninsula Region') is an administrative division of Mauritania . Its regional capital is Nouadhibou , which is located at its northwestern end and is home to nearly 95% of the region's population.
Mauritania: Area • Total. 6,259 sq mi (16,211 km 2) ... The Nouadhibou department is made up of following communes: Boulenouar; Inal; Nouadhibou; References
The iron ore arrives at the ore terminal of Point Central (located 10 kilometers south of Nouadhibou) by a railway which runs 650 km from the mines to the port. The Bay of Nouadhibou is the final resting place of over 300 ships and one of the world's largest ship graveyards. [4] [5] Ships graveyard, Nouadhibou, Mauritania
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Moughataas (Arabic: مقاطعات, romanized: muqāṭaʿāt) or departments (French: départements) are the second-level administrative subdivision of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. There are 63 departments in Mauritania as of 2023.
It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region. It was built from scratch in the early 1960s for the staff administering the port and railhead for the iron ore mining company MIFERMA (Societe Anonyme des Mines de Fer de Mauritanie) as part of their iron mine development project at Zouérate .
Boulenouar (Arabic: بولنوار, sometimes spelled Boulenoir) is a town and commune in Mauritania, situated on the railway line from Nouadhibou to Zouerate and on the road between Nouadhibou and Nouakchott. Its main resource is water, which is close to the surface. The water is bottled and sold and also used as water supply for Nouadhibou. [1]