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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.
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.
The following are images from various Mauritania-related articles on Wikipedia. ... Nouakchott is the capital and the largest city of Mauritania.
Tidjikja (Arabic: تجكجة) is the capital of the Tagant region of central Mauritania, lying on the Tagant plateau. Founded in 1680, it has a population of around 11,000 people. The town is known for its palm trees and its vernacular architecture. The town is also home to an airport.
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
It comprises the three northwestern departments of Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott: Dar-Naim, Teyarett and Toujouonine. [2] The capital is at Dar-Naim and Nouakchott International Airport (old airport) was located within its borders. Nouakchott-Nord was created on 25 November 2014 when the region of Nouakchott was split into three new ...
Featured picture/1. Credit: Ferdinand Reus. Young boy at the beach in Nouakchott, Mauritania. ... Mauritania. view - talk - history. Featured picture/4
Nouakchott site designated new capital of Mauritania; building of city begins. [1] [3] Radio de Mauritanie begins broadcasting. [4] 1960: Capital of newly independent Mauritania moved to Nouakchott from Saint Louis. AS Garde Nationale (football club) formed. Palais de Justice (courthouse) built. 1961: National Institute of Advanced Islamic ...