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Brakna Region

Brakna is a region in south-west . Its capital is and its other major cities/towns include . The region borders the Mauritanian regions of Tagant to the north-east, Assaba and Gorgol to the south-east, and Trarza to the north-west.
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  • Type: State with 391,000 residents
  • Description: region in south-west Mauritania
  • Also known as: “Al Barāknah”, “Brakna”, “Brakna region”, “Cinquième Région”, “Librāknah”, “V”, “Wilāyat al Barāknah”, and “Wilāyat Librāknah”

Brakna Region

Latitude
17.2476° or 17° 14′ 51″ north
Longitude
-13.4038° or 13° 24′ 14″ west
Population
391,000
Elevation
84 metres (276 feet)
Open location code
7C986HXW+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2651781110
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2380635
Wiki­data ID
Q12632
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Brakna Region” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البراكنة”
  • Arabic: “لبراكنة”
  • Arabic: “ولاية البراكنة”
  • Arabic: “ولاية لبراكنة”
  • Belarusian: “Бракна”
  • Belarusian: “Вобласць Бракна”
  • Bengali: “ব্রাকান অঞ্চল”
  • Bulgarian: “Бракна”
  • Catalan: “Brakna”
  • Cebuano: “Brakna”
  • Chinese: “卜拉克納省”
  • Chinese: “卜拉克纳省”
  • Danish: “Brakna”
  • Dutch: “Brakna”
  • Esperanto: “Brakna”
  • Finnish: “Brakna”
  • Finnish: “Braknan alue”
  • French: “Brakna”
  • French: “Région du Brakna”
  • French: “Wilaya du Brakna”
  • German: “Brakna”
  • Greek: “Μπράκνα”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રાંકા પ્રદેશ”
  • Hindi: “ब्रकना प्रदेश”
  • Hungarian: “Brakna”
  • Indonesian: “Brakna”
  • Italian: “regione di Brakna”
  • Italian: “Regione di Brakna”
  • Japanese: “ブラクナ州”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಕ್ನಾ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
  • Korean: “브라크나주”
  • Latvian: “Braknas vilājs”
  • Lithuanian: “Braknos vilaja”
  • Malay: “Brakna”
  • Marathi: “ब्रकाना प्रदेश”
  • Northern Frisian: “Brakna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brakna”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brakna”
  • Norwegian: “Brakna”
  • Persian: “استان براکنه”
  • Polish: “Al-Barakina”
  • Portuguese: “Brakna”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Brakna”
  • Russian: “Бракна”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රක්නා කලාපය”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රැක්නා කලාපය”
  • Slovenian: “Brakna”
  • South Azerbaijani: “براکنا بؤلگه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Brakna”
  • Spanish: “Región de Brakna”
  • Swedish: “Brakna”
  • Tamil: “ப்ராக்ன்னா பகுதி”
  • Telugu: “బ్రాక్నా ప్రాంతం”
  • Thai: “บรากนา”
  • Turkish: “Brakna Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бракна”
  • Ukrainian: “Регіон Бракна”
  • Urdu: “براکنہ ریجن”
  • Urdu: “براکنہ علاقہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Khu vực Brakna”

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