Nouakchott South
Nouakchott-Sud is a region in Mauritania. It comprises the three southern departments of Mauritania's capital city Nouakchott: Arafat, El Mina and Riyad.- Type: region of Mauritania with 627,000 residents
- Description: region of Mauritania
- Also known as: “Anuwākshūţ al Janūbīyah”, “Nouakchott”, “Nouakchott-South”, “Nouakchott-Sud”, “Nouakchott-Sud region”, “Nuwākshūţ al Janūbīyah”, “Southern Nouakchott”, “Wilaya de Nouakchott”, “Wilaya de Nouakchott Sud”, and “Wilāyat Anuwākshūţ al Janūbīyah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riyad and Arafat.
Riyad
Suburb
Riyad is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It had a population of 117,030 in 2013, up from 42,413 in 2000. Riyad is situated 5 km north of Nouakchott South.
Arafat
Town
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. Arafat is situated 9 km north of Nouakchott South.
Nouakchott South
- Location: Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Nouakchott South” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ኑዋክሾት ደቡብ”
- Arabic: “انواكشوط الجنوبية”
- Arabic: “نواكشوط الجنوبية”
- Arabic: “ولاية انواكشوط الجنوبية”
- Arabic: “ولاية نواكشوط الجنوبية”
- Azerbaijani: “Nuakşot Cənub”
- Bengali: “নুয়াকশট দক্ষিণ”
- Chinese: “南努瓦克肖特大区”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نواكشوط الجنوبيه”
- French: “Nouakchott Sud”
- French: “Nouakchott-Sud”
- German: “Nouakchott Sud”
- German: “Nouakchott Süd”
- Hausa: “Nouakchott Kudu”
- Italian: “Regione di Nouakchott-Sud”
- Japanese: “ヌアクショット南”
- Japanese: “南ヌアクショット州”
- Javanese: “Nouakchott Kidul”
- Kazakh: “Нуакшот Оңтүстік”
- Kirghiz: “Нуакшот Түштүк”
- Korean: “남누악쇼트주”
- Latvian: “Dienvidnuakšota”
- Malay: “Nouakchott Selatan”
- Malay: “Nouakchott-Sud”
- Northern Frisian: “Nouakchott-Sud”
- Oromo: “Nouakchott Kibbaa”
- Panjabi: “ਨੁਆਕਸ਼ੋਟ ਦੱਖਣ”
- Persian: “استان نواکشوت جنوبی”
- Persian: “نواکشوط جنوبی”
- Portuguese: “Nuaquexote Sul”
- Pushto: “نواکشوط جنوب”
- Russian: “Нуакшот-Сюд”
- Russian: “Южный Нуакшот”
- Sinhala: “නූවාක්චොට්-සුඩ් කලාපය (මොරිටේනියාව)”
- Sinhala: “නූවාක්චොට්-සුඩ් කලාපය”
- Somali: “Nouakchott Koonfur”
- South Azerbaijani: “نوواکشوت-گونئی بؤلگهسی”
- Spanish: “Nuakchot Meridional”
- Swahili: “Nouakchott Kusini”
- Tajik: “Нуакшот Жанубӣ”
- Tatar: “Нуакшот Көньяк”
- Uzbek: “Nouakchott Janub”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Port Nouakchott and L’Hopital de L’Amitie.
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