Nouakchott North

Nouakchott-Nord is a region in . It comprises the three northwestern departments of Mauritania's capital city : Dar-Naim, and Toujouonine.
  • Region of Mauritania with about 614,000 residents
  • Also known as
    “Anuwākshūţ ash Shamālīyah”
    “Northern Nouakchott”
    “Nouakchott”
    “Nouakchott-Nord”
    “Nouakchott-Nord region”
    “Nuwākshūţ ash Shamālīyah”
    “Wilaya de Nouakchott”
    “Wilaya de Nouakchott Nord”
    “Wilāyat Anuwākshūţ ash Shamālīyah”
  • Location
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Latitude
18.2333° or 18° 14′ north
Longitude
-15.9167° or 15° 55′ west
Open location code
7CC663MM+88
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Uzbek—“Nouakchott North” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኑዋክሾት ሰሜን”
  • Arabic: “انواكشوط الشمالية”
  • Arabic: “نواكشوط الشمالية”
  • Arabic: “ولاية انواكشوط الشمالية”
  • Arabic: “ولاية نواكشوط الشمالية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nuakşot Şimal”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nuakşot”
  • Bengali: “নুয়াকশট উত্তর”
  • Catalan: “Nouakchott-Nord”
  • Chinese: “北努瓦克肖特大区”
  • Finnish: “Nouakchott-Nord”
  • French: “Nouakchott Nord”
  • German: “Nouakchott Nord”
  • Hausa: “Nouakchott Arewa”
  • Hindi: “नुआकशोत-नोर”
  • Italian: “Regione di Nouakchott-Nord”
  • Japanese: “ヌアクショット北”
  • Japanese: “北ヌアクショット州”
  • Javanese: “Nouakchott Lor”
  • Kazakh: “Нуакшот Солтүстік”
  • Kirghiz: “Нуакшот Түндүк”
  • Korean: “북누악쇼트주”
  • Latvian: “Ziemeļnuakšota”
  • Malay: “Nouakchott Utara”
  • Malay: “Nouakchott-Nord”
  • Northern Frisian: “Nouakchott-Nord”
  • Oromo: “Nouakchott Kaaba”
  • Panjabi: “ਨੁਆਕਸ਼ੋਟ ਉੱਤਰ”
  • Persian: “استان نواکشوط شمالی”
  • Persian: “نواکشوط شمالی”
  • Portuguese: “Nuaquexote Norte”
  • Pushto: “نواکشوط شمال”
  • Russian: “Нуакшот-Нор”
  • Russian: “Северный Нуакшот”
  • Sinhala: “නූවාක්චොට්-නෝර්ඩ් කලාපය (මොරිටේනියාව)”
  • Sinhala: “නූවාක්චොට්-නෝර්ඩ් කලාපය”
  • Somali: “Nouakchott Woqooyi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “نوواکوت قوزئی بؤلگه‌سی”
  • Spanish: “Nuakchot Septentrional”
  • Swahili: “Nouakchott Kaskazini”
  • Swedish: “Nouakchott-Nord”
  • Tajik: “Нуакшот Шимолӣ”
  • Tatar: “Нуакшот Төньяк”
  • Uzbek: “Nouakchott Shimoli”

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