Nouakchott West

Nouakchott-Ouest is a region in . It comprises the three northeastern departments of Mauritania's capital city : , and Tevragh-Zeina.
Wikipedia
  • Type: region of Mauritania with 205,000 residents
  • Description: region of Mauritania
  • Also known as: “Anuwākshūţ al Gharbīyah”, “District de Nouakchott”, “Nouakchott”, “Nouakchott-Ouest”, “Nouakchott-Ouest region”, “Nouakchott-West”, “Nuwākshūţ”, “Nuwākshūţ al Gharbīyah”, “Western Nouakchott”, “Wilaya de Nouakchott”, “Wilaya de Nouakchott Ouest”, and “Wilāyat Anuwākshūţ al Gharbīyah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Elhassen sedigh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an serving , the capital of . It is located 25 kilometres north of the city. The airport opened in June 2016 as the replacement for . is situated 4 km north of Nouakchott West.

Nouakchott West

Latitude
18.2667° or 18° 16′ north
Longitude
-15.9833° or 15° 59′ west
Population
205,000
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
7CC67288+MM
Geo­Names ID
11496391
Wiki­data ID
Q20669651
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Nouakchott West” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኑዋክሾት ምዕራብ”
  • Arabic: “انواكشوط الغربية”
  • Arabic: “نواكشوط الغربية”
  • Arabic: “ولاية انواكشوط الغربية”
  • Arabic: “ولاية انواكشوط”
  • Arabic: “ولاية نواكشوط الغربية”
  • Arabic: “ولاية نواكشوط”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nuakşot Qərb”
  • Bengali: “নুয়াকশট পশ্চিম”
  • Chinese: “西努瓦克肖特大区”
  • French: “Nouakchott Ouest”
  • French: “Nouakchott-Ouest”
  • German: “Nouakchott Ouest”
  • German: “Nouakchott West”
  • Hausa: “Nouakchott Yamma”
  • Italian: “Regione di Nouakchott-Ouest”
  • Japanese: “ヌアクショット西”
  • Japanese: “西ヌアクショット州”
  • Javanese: “Nouakchott Kulon”
  • Kazakh: “Нуакшот Батыс”
  • Kirghiz: “Нуакшот Батыш”
  • Korean: “서누악쇼트주”
  • Latvian: “Rietumnuakšota”
  • Malay: “Nouakchott Barat”
  • Malay: “Nouakchott-Ouest”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nouakchott-Ouest”
  • Oromo: “Nouakchott Gidduutti”
  • Panjabi: “ਨੁਆਕਸ਼ੋਟ ਪੱਛਮ”
  • Persian: “استان نواکشوت غربی”
  • Persian: “نواکشوط غربی”
  • Portuguese: “Nuaquexote Oeste”
  • Pushto: “نواکشوط لیونی”
  • Russian: “Западный Нуакшот”
  • Sinhala: “නූක්චොට්-ඔවෙස්ට් කලාපය (මොරිටේනියාව)”
  • Sinhala: “නූක්චොට්-ඔවෙස්ට් කලාපය”
  • Somali: “Nouakchott Koonfur”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نوواکوت باتی بؤلگه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Nuakchot Occidental”
  • Swahili: “Nouakchott Magharibi”
  • Tajik: “Нуакшот Ғарбӣ”
  • Tatar: “Нуакшот Батыш”
  • Uzbek: “Nouakchott Gʻarb”

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Notable Places Nearby

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