Magta Lahjar
Magta Lahjar is a town and commune in the Brakna Region of southern Mauritania. In 2013, it had a population of 18,616.- Type: Town with 12,100 residents
- Description: town in Mauritania
- Also known as: “Magta-lahjar”, “Magta-Lahjar”, “Magta-Lahjar مقطع الحجار”, “Magta‘ Lahjar”, “Magṭa‘ Laḥjar”, and “Magta` Lahjar”
Magta Lahjar
- Categories: commune of Mauritania and locality
- Location: Brakna Region, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
17.51274° or 17° 30′ 46″ north
Longitude
-13.09279° or 13° 5′ 34″ west
Population
12,100
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Open location code
7C98GW74+3V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Magta Lahjar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقطع الحجار”
- Belarusian: “Магта-Лахджар”
- Corsican: “Maghta-Lahjar”
- French: “Magta-Lahjar”
- German: “Magta Lahjar”
- Italian: “Maghta-Lahjar”
- Malay: “Magta-Lahjar”
- Polish: “Makta al-Hadżar”
- Romanian: “Magta lahjar”
- Romanian: “Magta Lahjar”
- Romanian: “Magta-Lahjar”
- Russian: “Магта-Лахджар”
- Russian: “Магта-Лахжар”
- Sardinian: “Maghta-Lahjar”
- Sassarese Sardinian: “Maghta-Lahjar”
- Spanish: “Magta-Lahjar”
- Swahili: “Magta-Lahjar”
- Urdu: “مقطع الحجار”
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