🇲🇷 Mauritania
Nouadhibou
Nouadhibou, formerly named Port-Étienne, is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial center. The city has about 173,000 inhabitants. It is situated on a 65-kilometre peninsula or headland called Ras Nouadhibou, Cap Blanc, or Cabo Blanco, of which the western side has the city of La Güera. Nouadhibou is consequently located merely a couple of kilometers from the border between Mauritania and Western Sahara. Its current mayor is Elghassem Ould Bellali, who was installed on 15 October 2018.
- Country
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania
- Elevation
- 0 m
- Population
- 146,048
- Time zone
- Africa/Nouakchott
- Coordinates
- 20.94, -17.04
How far Nouadhibou is from other cities in Mauritania
- Dar Naim336 km✈ 1 h 10 min · 🚗 5 h 36 min
- Nuakchot336 km✈ 1 h 10 min · 🚗 5 h 36 min
- Kiffa763 km✈ 1 h 41 min · 🚗 12 h 43 min
- Néma1,136 km✈ 2 h 8 min · 🚗 18 h 56 min
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