Tamchakett
Tamchakett is a town and commune in the Hodh El Gharbi region of south-central Mauritania. Situated on the edge of a plain, the village is south-west of Aoudaghost. In 1974, the village was described as having a population of 641.- Type: City with 3,130 residents
- Description: town in Mauritania
- Also known as: “Tamchekett”, “Tamchekett تامشكط”, and “Tamchekket”
Tamchakett
- Categories: commune of Mauritania and locality
- Location: Hodh El Gharbi, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
17.24494° or 17° 14′ 42″ north
Longitude
-10.66934° or 10° 40′ 10″ west
Population
3,130
Elevation
195 metres (640 feet)
IATA airport code
THT
United Nations Location Code
MR THT
Open location code
7C9F68VJ+X7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Tamchakett” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تامشكط”
- Bulgarian: “Тамчекет”
- Cebuano: “Tamchekett”
- Corsican: “Tamchekett”
- Dutch: “Tamchekett”
- French: “Tamchaket”
- French: “Tamchakett”
- French: “Tamchekett”
- French: “Tâmchekket”
- German: “Tamchekett”
- Hindi: “तामशाकेत”
- Italian: “Tamchekett”
- Japanese: “タムチャケット”
- Malay: “Tamchekett”
- Polish: “Tamchaket”
- Polish: “Tamchekett”
- Polish: “Tamszakat”
- Polish: “Tamszikit”
- Romanian: “Tamchekett”
- Russian: “Тамшакет”
- Sardinian: “Tamchekett”
- Sassarese Sardinian: “Tamchekett”
- Spanish: “Tamchekett”
- Swedish: “Tamchaket”
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