Mauritania
Mauritania is a vast, sparsely populated nation at the crossroads of Arab Maghreb and sub-Saharan West Africa, where the Sahara meets the Atlantic. Most of its territory is desert or semi-desert, and its culture blends Moorish (Arab-Berber), Pulaar, Wolof and Soninke influences.
Cities & regions
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Aleg is the capital of the Brakna region in southwestern Mauritania, a town of roughly 19,000-25,000 people on the main road inland from Nouakchott, about 25…
Open guideAtar is the capital of Mauritania's Adrar region and the gateway to the country's greatest landscapes, sitting at the foot of the Adrar plateau roughly five…
Open guideKaédi is the capital of Mauritania's Gorgol region, sitting on the north bank of the Senegal River in the far south of the country, roughly 435 km (7 hours b…
Open guideKiffa is the capital of Mauritania's Assaba region, a southern desert-edge town sitting where the Sahel rangelands give way to the dunes of the Aoukar sand s…
Open guideNouadhibou is Mauritania's second city, a port town of around 173,000 people strung along the narrow Ras Nouadhibou peninsula where the Sahara runs into the…
Open guideNouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, a sprawling low-rise settlement laid out on flat sand between the Sahara and the Atlantic. It was a…
Open guideNéma is the capital of the Hodh Ech Chargui region in southeastern Mauritania, close to the Malian border and best known as the terminus of the Route de l'Es…
Open guideZouérat is a mining town in the far northeast of Mauritania, roughly 700 km inland from the Atlantic coast, built around the iron ore deposits that are the s…
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