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Gorgol Region

Gorgol is a region in southern . Its capital is and the Gorgol River forms parts of the landscape. Other major cities/towns include and .
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  • Type: State with 442,000 residents
  • Description: region of Mauritania
  • Also known as: “Cercle du Gorgol”, “Gorgol”, “Gorgol region”, “IV”, “Kūrkūl”, “Number 4”, “Quatrième Region”, “Wilāyat Kurkūl”, and “Wilāyat Kūrkūl”

Gorgol Region

Latitude
16.0062° or 16° 0′ 22″ north
Longitude
-12.8361° or 12° 50′ 10″ west
Population
442,000
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
7C892547+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2651781112
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2379384
Wiki­data ID
Q859831
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Gorgol Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غورغول”
  • Arabic: “كركول”
  • Arabic: “كوركول”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كركول”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كوركول”
  • Arabic: “ولايه كوركول”
  • Bengali: “গোরগল অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Куркул”
  • Catalan: “Gorgol”
  • Cebuano: “Gorgol”
  • Chinese: “戈尔戈勒省”
  • Chinese: “戈爾戈勒省”
  • Danish: “Gorgol”
  • Dutch: “Gorgol”
  • Esperanto: “Gorgol”
  • Finnish: “Gorgol”
  • Finnish: “Gorgolin maakunta”
  • French: “Gorgol”
  • French: “Région du Gorgol”
  • French: “Wilaya du Gorgol”
  • German: “Gorgol”
  • German: “MR-04”
  • Greek: “Γκοργκόλ”
  • Gujarati: “ગોરગોલ પ્રદેશ”
  • Hindi: “गोर्गोल प्रदेश”
  • Hungarian: “Gorgol”
  • Indonesian: “Gorgol”
  • Italian: “regione di Gorgol”
  • Italian: “Regione di Gorgol”
  • Japanese: “ゴルゴル”
  • Japanese: “ゴルゴル地方”
  • Japanese: “ゴルゴル州”
  • Kannada: “ಗೊರ್ಗೊಲ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “고르골주”
  • Latvian: “Gorgola”
  • Latvian: “Gorgolas vilājs”
  • Lithuanian: “Gorgolo vilaja”
  • Malay: “Gorgol”
  • Marathi: “गोर्गोल प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gorgol”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorgol”
  • Norwegian: “Gorgol”
  • Persian: “استان گرگول”
  • Polish: “Gorgol”
  • Polish: “Kurkul”
  • Portuguese: “Gorgol”
  • Romanian: “Gorgol”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Gorgol”
  • Russian: “Горголь”
  • Russian: “Куркул”
  • Sinhala: “ගර්ගොල් කලාපය”
  • Sinhala: “ගොර්ගොල් කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Gorgol”
  • Slovenian: “MR-04”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کورکول بؤلگه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Gorgol”
  • Spanish: “Región de Gorgol”
  • Swedish: “Gorgol”
  • Swedish: “Kaédi”
  • Swedish: “M’Boud”
  • Swedish: “Maghama”
  • Swedish: “Mounguel”
  • Tamil: “கோர்கோள் பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “గోర్గోల్ ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “เขตกอร์กอล”
  • Turkish: “Gorgol Region”
  • Ukrainian: “Горголь”
  • Ukrainian: “Регіон Горголь”
  • Urdu: “گورگول ریجن”
  • Urdu: “گورگول علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Gorgol”

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