شمال و
شمال و is a suburb in Nouakchott West, Mauritania. شمال و is situated nearby to the suburb شمال ه, as well as near Ksar.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nouakchott Olympic Stadium and G5 Sahel.
Nouakchott Olympic Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Neonstar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nouakchott, Mauritania. It is used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 10,000. It also has an athletics track. The Olympic Stadium is used by the Mauritania national football team.
G5 Sahel
Government office
G5 Sahel or G5S was an institutional framework for coordination of regional cooperation in development policies and security matters in West Africa. It was created on 16 February 2014 in Nouakchott, Mauritania, at a summit of five Sahel countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. G5 Sahel is situated 2½ km southwest of شمال و.
National Museum of Mauritania
Museum
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Museum of Mauritania, also known as the National Museum of Nouakchott, is a national museum in Nouakchott, Mauritania. 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. National Museum of Mauritania is situated 3½ km south of شمال و.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ksar and TevraghZeina.
Ksar
Suburb
Ksar, Mauritania is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It has a population of 43,531.
TevraghZeina
Town
Tevragh-Zeina is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It is the capital of the Nouakchott-Ouest Region and has a population of 46,336. TevraghZeina is situated 3½ km west of شمال و.
Nouakchott
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania 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.
شمال و
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Nouakchott West, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
18.11679° or 18° 7′ 0″ northLongitude
-15.97032° or 15° 58′ 13″ westOpen location code
7CC6428H+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 4477057258OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“شمال و” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شمال و”
- French: “F-Nord”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as شمال ه and Las Palmas.
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