Sahel
Mauritania
Nouakchott-Ouest region

Ksar

Ksar, Mauritania is a suburb of and urban commune in western . It has a population of 43,531.
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  • Type: Suburb with 57,800 residents
  • Description: commune and city in Nouakchott-Ouest, Mauritania
  • Also known as: “Ksar, Mauritania”

Places of Interest

Highlights include G5 Sahel and National Museum of Mauritania.

Government office
or G5S was an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in . It was created on 16 February 2014 in , Mauritania, at a summit of five countries: , , , , and .

Museum
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the National Museum of Nouakchott, is a national museum in , . It is located to the southwest of the Hotel Mercure Marhaba, west of Hotel de Ville, northwest of Parc Deydouh, and northeast of the Mosque Ould Abbas.

Stadium
Photo: Neonstar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in , . It is used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 10,000. It also has an athletics track. The Olympic Stadium is used by the Mauritania national football team.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nouakchott and Dar Naïm.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of and its largest city, with almost 1.2 million residents in 2019. The city is the hub of the Mauritanian economy and is home to a deepwater port and Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport, one of the country's two international airports.

Town
Dar-Naim is a suburb of and urban commune in western . It is the capital of and has a population of 186,925. is situated 5 km east of Ksar.

Town
Tevragh-Zeina is a suburb of and urban commune in western . It is the capital of the Nouakchott-Ouest Region and has a population of 46,336. is situated 4 km west of Ksar.

Ksar

Latitude
18.1049° or 18° 6′ 18″ north
Longitude
-15.9644° or 15° 57′ 52″ west
Population
57,800
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
7CC6423P+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4514023457
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2595352
Wiki­data ID
Q3200125
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Ksar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القصر,موريتانيا”
  • Arabic: “القصر”
  • Bulgarian: “Ксар”
  • Cebuano: “Ksar”
  • French: “Ksar, Nouakchott”
  • French: “Ksar”
  • French: “Le Ksar”
  • German: “Ksar”
  • Japanese: “クサル”
  • Malay: “Ksar, Mauritania”
  • Romanian: “Ksar, Mauritania”
  • Romanian: “Ksar”
  • Swedish: “Ksar (departement i Mauretanien)”
  • Swedish: “Ksar”

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