Sahel
Mauritania
Nouakchott-Sud region

El Mina

El Mina is a suburb of and urban commune in western . It has a population of 181,640. El Mina has a bad reputation in Mauritania. It is considered one of the poorest parts of the city and is known for its prostitution.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: commune of Mauritania
  • Also known as: “El Mina, Mauritania”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Museum of Mauritania and National Library of Mauritania.

Museum
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the National Museum of Nouakchott, is a national museum in , . 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.

Library
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie is located in , in the building of the . The library has a collection of 10,000 volumes and employs 41 staff members. The library has seven branches.

Government office
or G5S was an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in . It was created on 16 February 2014 in , Mauritania, at a summit of five countries: , , , , and . is situated 3½ km north of El Mina.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nouakchott and Ksar.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of 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.

Suburb
, Mauritania is a suburb of and urban commune in western . It has a population of 43,531. is situated 4½ km north of El Mina.

Town
is a suburb of and urban commune in western . It is the capital of Nouakchott-Sud Region and had a population of 216,919 in 2023.

El Mina

Latitude
18.065° or 18° 3′ 54″ north
Longitude
-15.9771° or 15° 58′ 38″ west
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
7CC6327F+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4477087465
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
9222769
Wiki­data ID
Q892423
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“El Mina” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الميناء”
  • Cebuano: “El Mina (departamento sa Mauritania, Inchiri)”
  • Cebuano: “El Mina”
  • Chinese: “埃尔米纳”
  • Dutch: “El Mina”
  • French: “El Mina”
  • German: “El Mina”
  • Hausa: “El Mina, Mauritaniya”
  • Japanese: “エル・ミナ”
  • Malay: “El Mina, Mauritania”
  • Malay: “El Mina”
  • Romanian: “El Mina, Mauritania”
  • Romanian: “El Mina”
  • Spanish: “El Mina (Mauritania)”
  • Spanish: “El Mina”
  • Swedish: “El Mina (departement i Mauretanien, Inchiri)”
  • Swedish: “El Mina”

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