Iouik
Iouik, also spelled Iwik, is a coastal town in western Mauritania. Located in the Banc d'Arguin National Park within the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region, it sits on a small peninsula.- Type: Village with 190 residents
- Description: human settlement in Mauritania
- Also known as: “Iouîk”, “Iwik”, and “Iwik إيويك”
Iouik
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.87841° or 19° 52′ 42″ north
Longitude
-16.30442° or 16° 18′ 16″ west
Population
190
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7CF5VMHW+96
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Irish—“Iouik” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إويك”
- Arabic: “إيويك”
- Chinese: “伊维克”
- Dutch: “Iouik”
- French: “Iwik”
- Irish: “Iouik”
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