Ksar

Ksar, Mauritania is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It has a population of 43,531.

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Mauritania and G5 Sahel.

National Museum of Mauritania

Museum

The National Museum of Mauritania, also known as the National Museum of Nouakchott, is a national museum in Nouakchott, Mauritania. 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.

G5 Sahel

Government office

G5 Sahel or G5S was an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in West Africa. It was created on 16 February 2014 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, at a summit of five Sahel countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger.

Nouakchott Olympic Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Neonstar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nouakchott, Mauritania. 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 Naim.

Nouakchott

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania 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.

Dar Naim

Town

Dar-Naim is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It is the capital of Nouakchott-Nord Region and has a population of 186,925. Dar Naim is situated 4 km northeast of Ksar.

Toujounine

Suburb

Toujounine is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It had a population of 144,041 in 2013, up from 56,064 in 2000. Toujounine is situated 6 km southeast of Ksar.

Ksar

Location: Nouakchott West, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude

18.1022° or 18° 6′ 8″ north

Longitude

-15.955° or 15° 57′ 18″ west

Elevation

3 metres (10 feet)

Open location code

7CC6422V+VX

GeoNames ID

9212586

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