El Djouf

El Djouf is a desert, an arid natural region of sand dunes and rock salt which covers northeastern and part of northwestern . El Djouf is a part of the Sahara Desert in the north.
  • Type: Desert
  • Description: Desert in Mauritania and Mali
  • Also known as: Désert el Djouf”, “Djouf”, “El Djouf Desert”, “El Djous”, “El Juf”, “El-Djuf”, “Juf”, and “Majâbat al-Koubra

El Djouf

Latitude
21.41667° or 21° 25′ north
Longitude
-6.66667° or 6° 40′ west
Elevation
326 metres (1,070 feet)
Open location code
7CHMC88M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2380024
Wiki­data ID
Q2064799
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“El Djouf” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الجوف (موريتانيا-مالي)
  • Arabic: الجوف
  • Catalan: El Djouf
  • Cebuano: El Djouf (kamadan)
  • Cebuano: El Djouf
  • Czech: el-Džauf
  • Czech: el-Džuf
  • Egyptian Arabic: الجوف
  • Finnish: El Djouf
  • French: El Djouf
  • German: El Djouf
  • Latvian: Džūfs
  • Polish: Al-Dżuf
  • Russian: Эль-Джуф
  • Serbian: El Džuf
  • Serbian: Ел Џуф
  • Slovenian: El Djouf
  • Spanish: El Djouf
  • Swedish: El Djouf (öken)
  • Swedish: El Djouf
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Джуф

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