Dar al Kitab

Dar al Kitab is a town hall in El Mina, Nouakchott South. Dar al Kitab is situated nearby to the town hall Mairie de Sebkha مقر البلدية السبخة, as well as near the government office Centre d’Accueil des Citoyens.

Type: Town hall
Also known as: “Dar al Kitab دار الكتاب”
Address: السبخة, 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 3 km northeast of Dar al Kitab.

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 north of Dar al Kitab.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sebkha and Nouakchott.

Sebkha

Suburb

Sebkha is a suburb of Nouakchott and urban commune in western Mauritania. It has a population of 72,245. The football teams ASC Nasr de Sebkha and ASC Socogim are based there.

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 3½ km southeast of Dar al Kitab.

Dar al Kitab

Categories: building and government building
Location: El Mina, Nouakchott South, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude

18.06279° or 18° 3′ 46″ north

Longitude

-15.99084° or 15° 59′ 27″ west

Open location code

7CC63275+4M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 453940673

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=townhall

OpenStreetMap feature

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to French—“Dar al Kitab” goes by many names.

Arabic: “دار الكتاب”
French: “Dar al Kitab”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Centre d’Accueil des Citoyens and Mairie de Sebkha مقر البلدية السبخة.

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