Douanes

Douanes is a government office in Trarza, Mauritania. Douanes is situated nearby to Prison civile السجن المدني, as well as near the mosque Masjid Ibn Abbass.

Type: Government office
Also known as: “Direction Générale de la Douane الإدارة العامة للجمارك”
Address: Nouakchott نواكشوط

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Mauritania and G5 Sahel.

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 1¼ km west of Douanes.

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 northwest of Douanes.

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. Nouakchott Olympic Stadium is situated 3 km northwest of Douanes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nouakchott and Ksar.

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.

Ksar

Suburb

Ksar, Mauritania is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It has a population of 43,531.

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 4½ km south of Douanes.

Douanes

Categories: office and government building
Location: Trarza, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude

18.08552° or 18° 5′ 8″ north

Longitude

-15.96277° or 15° 57′ 46″ west

Open location code

7CC632PP+6V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 229288760

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=customs

OpenStreetMap feature

office=government

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Korean—“Douanes” goes by many names.

Arabic: “الإدارة العامة للجمارك”
French: “Direction Générale de la Douane”
Korean: “관세청”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Prison civile السجن المدني and Police routière شرطة المرور.

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