Sahel
Mauritania
Tagant Region

Tidjikja

Tidjikja is the capital of the Tagant region of central , lying on the Tagant plateau. Founded in 1680, it has a population of around 11,000 people.
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  • Type: City with 18,600 residents
  • Description: commune of Mauritania
  • Also known as: “Fort Cappolani”, “Tidjikja تجكجة”, and “Tijikjah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tidjikja Airport.

Aerodrome
is an serving Tidjikja, the capital of the Tagant region of central . On 1 July 1994, Air Mauritanie Flight 625 crashed near the airport.

Tidjikja

Latitude
18.55452° or 18° 33′ 16″ north
Longitude
-11.43258° or 11° 25′ 57″ west
Population
18,600
Elevation
398 metres (1,306 feet)
IATA airport code
TIY
United Nations Location Code
MR TIY
Open location code
7CCCHH38+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2651917475
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2376193
Wiki­data ID
Q757041
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Tidjikja” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تجكجة”
  • Basque: “Tidjikdja”
  • Catalan: “Tidjikja”
  • Cebuano: “Tidjikja (kapital sa rehiyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Tidjikja”
  • Chinese: “提吉克賈”
  • Chinese: “提吉克贾”
  • Danish: “Tidjikdja”
  • Danish: “Tidjikja”
  • Dutch: “Tidjikdja”
  • Esperanto: “Tidĵikĵa”
  • Finnish: “Tidjikdja”
  • Finnish: “Tidjikja”
  • French: “Tidjikdja”
  • French: “Tidjikja”
  • German: “Tidjikdja”
  • German: “Tidjikja”
  • German: “Tidschikdscha”
  • Hungarian: “Tidjikdja”
  • Italian: “Tidjkja”
  • Italian: “Tijikja”
  • Japanese: “ティジクジャ”
  • Kabyle: “Tijikja”
  • Korean: “티지크자”
  • Latvian: “Tidžikdža”
  • Latvian: “Tidžikža”
  • Lithuanian: “Tidžikdža”
  • Malay: “Tidjikja”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tidjikja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tidjikja”
  • Norwegian: “Tidjikja”
  • Persian: “تجکجه”
  • Polish: “Tidjikdja”
  • Polish: “Tidjikja”
  • Polish: “Tidżikdża”
  • Portuguese: “Tidjikja”
  • Romanian: “Tidjikdja”
  • Russian: “Тиджикжа”
  • Silesian: “Tidżikdża”
  • Spanish: “Tidjikja”
  • Spanish: “Tiyikya”
  • Swahili: “Tidjikdja”
  • Swedish: “Tidjikdja”
  • Swedish: “Tidjikja”
  • Swedish: “Tijikja”
  • Ukrainian: “Тіджикжа”
  • Urdu: “تجکجہ”
  • “Tidjikdja”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hôpital Régional de Tidjikja and Ancien cimetière 2 مقبرة القديمة.

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