Nouakchott

Summary

Nouakchott is a city^[1]. Nouakchott ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,853 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nouakchott is located in Nouakchott-Nord^[3].
• Nouakchott is located in Nouakchott West^[4].
• Nouakchott is located in Nouakchott South^[5].
• Nouakchott is in the country of Mauritania^[6].
• Nouakchott is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[7].
• Nouakchott's head of government is recorded as Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick^[8].
• Nouakchott's instance of is recorded as city^[9].
• Nouakchott's instance of is recorded as big city^[10].
• Nouakchott's official language is recorded as Arabic^[11].
• Nouakchott's twinned administrative body is recorded as Madrid^[12].
• Nouakchott's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lanzhou^[13].
• Nouakchott's twinned administrative body is recorded as Amman^[14].
• Nouakchott's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tucson^[15].
• Nouakchott's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bamako^[16].
• Nouakchott's twinned administrative body is recorded as Regional Council of Île-de-France^[17].
• Nouakchott's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brazzaville^[18].
• Nouakchott's Commons category is recorded as Nouakchott^[19].
• Nouakchott's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[20].
• Nouakchott's local dialing code is recorded as 20^[21].
• Nouakchott's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 18.08581, 'lon': -15.9785}^[22].
• Nouakchott's official website is recorded as https://crn.mr/index.php^[23].
• Nouakchott's official website is recorded as https://crn.mr/fr/^[24].
• Nouakchott's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nouakchott^[25].
• Nouakchott's Commons gallery is recorded as Nouakchott^[26].
• Nouakchott has a population of {'amount': '+958399'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Nouakchott is in the country of Mauritania^[6]. Located in include Nouakchott-Nord^[3], a region of Mauritania^[28], in Mauritania^[29], founded in 2014^[30]; Nouakchott West^[4], a region of Mauritania^[31], in Mauritania^[32]; and Nouakchott South^[5], a region of Mauritania^[33], in Mauritania^[34], founded in 2014^[35]. Nouakchott is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Nouakchott covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1000'}^[36]. Nouakchott sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+7'}^[37]. Population counts include {'amount': '+958399'}^[27], {'amount': '+1077169'}^[38], {'amount': '+1315000'}^[39], {'amount': '+1195600'}^[40], {'amount': '+1116700'}^[41], and {'amount': '+558195'}^[42].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[9] and big city^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Nouakchott include Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport^[43], an international airport^[44], in Mauritania^[45] and Nouakchott Old Airport^[46], an airport^[47], in Mauritania^[48].

Why It Matters

Nouakchott ranks in the top 4% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,853 views/month).^[2] Nouakchott has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[49] Nouakchott is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[50]

Entities named for Nouakchott include Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport^[43], an international airport^[44], in Mauritania^[45] and Nouakchott Old Airport^[46], an airport^[47], in Mauritania^[48].