Lagouira
La Güera is a ghost town on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula which is split in two by the Mauritania–Western Sahara border, 15 kilometres west of Nouadhibou.Lagouira
- Locality with 3,730 residents
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Latitude
20.9498° or 20° 56′ 59″ north
Longitude
-16.8295° or 16° 49′ 46″ west
Open location code
7CG5W5XC+W6
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Lagouira” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “امرزكان”
- French: “Lagouira (Commune Urbaine)”
- French: “Lagouira (MU)”
- French: “Lagouira”
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