Pointe Cansado
Pointe Cansado is a locality in Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania. Pointe Cansado is situated nearby to the hamlet Al-Battariyya, as well as near the neighborhood Quartier Raffinerie مصفاة الربع.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cansado and Al-Battariyya.
Cansado
Town
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cansado is a coastal town in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region.
Al-Battariyya
Hamlet
La Batterie, also known in Arabic as Al Batariyya, is a village in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsular. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region south of Nouadhibou close to Cansado.
La Güera
Town
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La Güera is a ghost town on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula which is split in two by the Mauritania–Western Sahara border, 15 kilometres west of Nouadhibou. La Güera is situated 7 km west of Pointe Cansado.
Pointe Cansado
- Type: Locality
- Location: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
20.85465° or 20° 51′ 17″ northLongitude
-17.02825° or 17° 1′ 42″ westOpen location code
7CG4VX3C+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3301851734OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Pointe Cansado” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رأس كانصادو”
- French: “Pointe Cansado”
- Spanish: “Punta Cansado”
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Localities in the Area
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