Keur-Macene
Keur-Macene or Keurmacen is a town and urban commune in the Trarza Region of south-western Mauritania, located on the border with Senegal. In 2000, it had a population of 6,408.- Type: Town with 39,400 residents
- Description: commune of Mauritania
- Also known as: “Keur Macène كرمسين”, “Keur Massene”, “Keur Massène”, “KeurMacene”, “KeurMassene”, and “بلدية كرمسين”
Keur-Macene
- Categories: commune of Mauritania and locality
- Location: Trarza, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
16.55497° or 16° 33′ 18″ north
Longitude
-16.23533° or 16° 14′ 7″ west
Population
39,400
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
7C85HQ37+XV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tumbuka—“Keur-Macene” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كرمسين”
- Finnish: “Keur Macène”
- French: “Keur Macène”
- German: “Keur Macene”
- German: “KeurMassène”
- Italian: “Keurmacen”
- Malay: “Keur-Macene”
- Romanian: “Keurmacen”
- Spanish: “Keurmacen”
- Tumbuka: “Keurmacen”
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