It is the capital and by far the largest city of Mauritania, and is Sahara's largest city if one excludes marginal cases like Cairo (in the Nile River Delta) and the cities north of the Atlas Mountains on Africa's northern coast. The city is the administrative and economic centre of Mauritania.
2006-11-07 23:17:27
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answered by tampico 6
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Nouakchott (Arabic: نواكشوط or انواكشوط [alleged translation from berberic "The place of the winds"] Nawākšūṭ) is the capital and by far the largest city of Mauritania, and is Sahara's largest city if one excludes marginal cases like Cairo (in the Nile River Delta) and the cities north of the Atlas Mountains on Africa's northern coast. The city is the administrative and economic centre of Mauritania.
Geography
Located on the Atlantic coast of the Sahara Desert, it lies on the west coast, on the Atlantic Ocean, although with the exception of Nouakchott Wharf and a deep water port, the coastal strip is mostly left empty and allowed to flood.
Due to the rapid build-up, the city is quite spread out, with few tall buildings. It also often acts as an interface between urban Mauritanians and their nomadic fellow citizens.
Nouakchott is built around a large tree-lined street, Avenue Abd an-Nasir, which runs northeast through the city center from the airport. Other major streets are named (in French) for notable Mauritanian figures, or international personages of the 1960s: Avenue de Gaulle, Avenue Kennedy, and Avenue Lumumba, for example.
Temperatures range between 33°C (92°F) and 13°C (56°F), and the average rainfall is 178 mm (7 in) per annum.
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2006-11-07 23:20:01
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answered by catzpaw 6
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Nouakchott is the capital of Mauritania
2006-11-08 00:22:30
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answered by maussy 7
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Mauritania
2006-11-07 23:17:01
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answered by Gerardo G 4
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Mauritania. You really could have typed it in to google search yourself and found the answer without involving thousands of other people.
2006-11-08 00:11:48
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answered by Anonymous
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Mauritania - near Sahara - Africa
2006-11-07 23:27:18
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answered by JDGuru at work 4
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