Tagant Region

Tagant is a region in south-central named for the Tagant Plateau. Its capital is . Other major cities/towns include and Rachid, Nbeika.
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  • Type: region of Mauritania with 115,000 residents
  • Description: region of Mauritania
  • Also known as: IX”, “Neuvième Région”, “Tagant”, “Tagant region”, “Takānat”, and “Wilāyat Takānat

Tagant Region

Latitude
18.6667° or 18° 40′ north
Longitude
-10.3333° or 10° 20′ west
Population
115,000
Elevation
407 metres (1,335 feet)
Open location code
7CCFMM88+MM
Geo­Names ID
2376551
Wiki­data ID
Q843903
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tagant Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تكانت
  • Arabic: ولاية تكانت
  • Arabic: ولايه تكانت
  • Bengali: তাগান্ট অঞ্চল
  • Bulgarian: Такант
  • Catalan: Tagant
  • Cebuano: Tagant
  • Chinese: 塔甘特省
  • Danish: Tagant
  • Dutch: Tagant
  • Esperanto: Tagant
  • Finnish: Tagant
  • Finnish: Tagantin maakunta
  • French: Région du Tagant
  • French: Tagant
  • French: Wilaya du Tagant
  • German: MR-09
  • German: Tagant
  • Greek: Ταγκάντ
  • Gujarati: ટાગાન્ટ પ્રદેશ
  • Hindi: टैगैंट क्षेत्र
  • Indonesian: Tagant
  • Italian: regione di Tagant
  • Italian: Regione di Tagant
  • Japanese: タガント
  • Japanese: タガント地方
  • Japanese: タガント州
  • Kannada: ಟ್ಯಾಗಂಟ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ
  • Korean: 타간트주
  • Latvian: Taganta
  • Latvian: Tagantas vilājs
  • Lithuanian: Tagantas
  • Lithuanian: Taganto vilaja
  • Malay: Tagant
  • Marathi: टागण प्रदेश
  • Northern Frisian: Tagant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tagant
  • Norwegian: Tagant
  • Persian: استان تگانت
  • Polish: Dhar Tagant
  • Polish: Tagant
  • Polish: Takant
  • Polish: Zahr Takant
  • Portuguese: Tagant
  • Portuguese: Tagante
  • Romanian: Regiunea Tagant
  • Romanian: Tagant
  • Russian: Тагант
  • Russian: Такант
  • Sinhala: ටගන්ට් කලාපය
  • Sinhala: ටැගන්ට් කලාපය
  • South Azerbaijani: تاقانت بؤلگه‌سی
  • Spanish: Región de Tagant
  • Spanish: Tagant
  • Swedish: Moudjeria
  • Swedish: Tagant
  • Swedish: Tichit
  • Swedish: Tijigje
  • Tamil: டகன்ட் பகுதி
  • Telugu: టాగంట్ ప్రాంతం
  • Thai: ภูมิภาคทากันท์
  • Turkish: Tagant Bölgesi
  • Ukrainian: Регіон Тагант
  • Ukrainian: Тагант
  • Urdu: تکانت ریجن
  • Urdu: تکانت علاقہ
  • Vietnamese: Khu vực Tagant

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