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 about 217,000 residents
- …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.
4 km south of Arafat
Sebkha
Suburb
Sebkha is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania.
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
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Arafat” goes by many names.
አራፋትAmharic
عرفاتArabic
ArafatAzerbaijani
আরাফাতBengali
ArafatCebuano
阿拉法特Chinese
ArafatGalician
ArafatHausa
ערפאתHebrew
अरफ़ातHindi
ArafatIndonesian
ArafatItalian
Arafat (Mauritania)Italian
アラファトJapanese
アラファト (ヌアクショット)Japanese
ArafatJavanese
АрафатKazakh
АрафатKirghiz
ArafatMalay
Arafat, MauritaniaMalay
ArafatNorthern Frisian
Arafat (Steed uun Mauretaanien)Northern Frisian
ArafatOromo
ਅਰਾਫਤPanjabi
عرفاتPersian
عرفات (نواکشوط)Persian
عرفاتPushto
AraffatRomanian
АрафатRussian
ArafatSomali
ArafatSwahili
ArafatSwedish
AraffatSwedish
АрафатTajik
АрафатTatar
ArafatTurkish
عرفاتUrdu
ArafatUzbek
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