Carrefour
Carrefour is a suburb in Trarza, Mauritania. Carrefour is situated nearby to the neighborhood Cité de Garde الحي السكني للحرس, as well as near the suburb Ten Sweilim تن اسويلم.Places of Interest
Highlights include National Museum of Mauritania and National Library of Mauritania.
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 Library of Mauritania
Library
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bibliothèque Nationale de Mauritanie is located in Nouakchott, Mauritania in the building of the National Museum of Mauritania. The library has a collection of 10,000 volumes and employs 41 staff members. The library has seven branches. National Library of Mauritania is situated 2½ km northwest of Carrefour.
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 4 km northwest of Carrefour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nouakchott and Arafat.
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.
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 3 km south of Carrefour.
Ksar
Suburb
Ksar, Mauritania is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It has a population of 43,531. Ksar is situated 3½ km north of Carrefour.
Carrefour
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Trarza, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
18.07261° or 18° 4′ 21″ northLongitude
-15.95622° or 15° 57′ 22″ westOpen location code
7CC632FV+2GOpenStreetMap ID
node 4477093902OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Carrefour” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المفترق”
- French: “Carrefour”
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