Arafat
Arafat is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It is the capital of Nouakchott-Sud Region and had a population of 216,919 in 2023.- Town with 217,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
- …is also known as “Arafat, Mauritania”
- Description: Commune of Mauritania
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riyad and Nouakchott.
Riyad
Suburb
Riyad is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. Riyad is situated 4 km south of Arafat.
Sebkha
Suburb
Sebkha is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. Sebkha is situated 5 km northwest of Arafat.
Arafat
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Latitude
18.04595° or 18° 2′ 45″ north
Longitude
-15.96328° or 15° 57′ 48″ west
Open location code
7CC622WP+9M
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Arafat” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “አራፋት”
- Arabic: “عرفات”
- Azerbaijani: “Arafat”
- Bengali: “আরাফাত”
- Cebuano: “Arafat”
- Chinese: “阿拉法特”
- French: “Arafat”
- French: “Araffat”
- Galician: “Arafat”
- German: “Arafat”
- Hausa: “Arafat”
- Hebrew: “ערפאת”
- Hindi: “अरफ़ात”
- Hindi: “अराफत”
- Indonesian: “Arafat”
- Italian: “Arafat (Mauritania)”
- Italian: “Arafat”
- Japanese: “アラファト (ヌアクショット)”
- Japanese: “アラファト”
- Javanese: “Arafat”
- Kazakh: “Арафат”
- Kirghiz: “Арафат”
- Malay: “Arafat, Mauritania”
- Malay: “Arafat”
- Northern Frisian: “Arafat (Steed uun Mauretaanien)”
- Northern Frisian: “Arafat”
- Oromo: “Arafat”
- Panjabi: “ਅਰਾਫਤ”
- Persian: “عرفات (نواکشوط)”
- Persian: “عرفات”
- Portuguese: “Arafat”
- Pushto: “عرفات”
- Romanian: “Araffat”
- Russian: “Арафат”
- Somali: “Arafat”
- Spanish: “Arafat”
- Swahili: “Arafat”
- Swedish: “Arafat”
- Swedish: “Araffat”
- Tajik: “Арафат”
- Tatar: “Арафат”
- Turkish: “Arafat”
- Urdu: “عرفات”
- Uzbek: “Arafat”
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