Bouanze
Bouanze is a village and rural commune in Mauritania. It is famous for being one of the last places on Earth that has diabondé, a kind of mural art that is disappearing.- Type: Town with 6,910 residents
- Description: commune and village in Mauritania
- Also known as: “Bouanzé بوانزي”
Bouanze
- Categories: commune of Mauritania and locality
- Location: Guidimaka Region, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
15.81935° or 15° 49′ 10″ north
Longitude
-12.23513° or 12° 14′ 7″ west
Population
6,910
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
7C79RQ97+PW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Bouanze” goes by many names.
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