Ksar
Ksar is in Nouakchott West, Mauritania. Ksar is situated nearby to the locality Tevragh Zeina, as well as near the town Dar Naim.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Museum of Mauritania and G5 Sahel.
National Museum of Mauritania
Museum
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
National Library of Mauritania
Library
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie is located in Nouakchott, Mauritania in the building of the National Museum of Mauritania. The library has a collection of 10,000 volumes and employs 41 staff members. The library has seven branches.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nouakchott and Toujounine.
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.
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
Suburb
Ksar, Mauritania is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It has a population of 43,531.
Ksar
- Location: Nouakchott West, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
18.1022° or 18° 6′ 8″ northLongitude
-15.955° or 15° 57′ 18″ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
7CC6422V+VXGeoNames ID
9212586
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