Portendick
Portendick is an abandoned coastal city in western Mauritania. The name is a corruption of the Portuguese name Porto d'Arco. It was located in the Ouad Naga Department of Trarza Region.Portendick
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Description: human settlement in Mauritania
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
18.58333° or 18° 35′ north
Longitude
-16.11667° or 16° 7′ west
Open location code
7CC5HVMM+88
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Portendick” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورتنديك”
- Catalan: “Portendick”
- Dutch: “Portendick”
- Finnish: “Portendick”
- French: “Portendic”
- Irish: “Portendick”
- Russian: “Портендик”
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