Bir Moghrein

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Bir Moghrein
بير مغرين
State : MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania
Region : Tiris Zemmour
Department: Bir Moghrein
Coordinates : 25 ° 13 ′  N , 11 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 25 ° 13 ′  N , 11 ° 37 ′  W
Height : 366 meters above sea level
 
Residents : 2,761 (2000)
Time zone : GMT ( UTC ± 0 )
Bir Moghrein (Mauritania)
Bir Moghrein
Bir Moghrein

Bir Moghrein , Arabic بير مغرين, DMG Bīr Muġrain , French spelling Bir Moghreïn , is a remote desert settlement in the administrative region of Tiris Zemmour in the far north of Mauritania . Until the country became independent from the French colonial era in 1960, the place was called Fort Trinquet .

Bir Moghrein is about 400 kilometers north of F'dérik and Zouérate and almost 50 kilometers east of the border with Western Sahara drawn with a ruler . The small oasis in the Sahara lies at a height of 366 meters and is surrounded by a wide sand plain from which individual rocky mountains protrude and in which numerous crater-like depressions (guelbs) are deepened. A seldom used road leads northeast to the Algerian oasis town of Tindouf , another 900 kilometers east to the Chegga oasis in the border triangle of Mauritania - Algeria - Mali.

Like F'dérik (formerly Fort Gouroud), Bir Moghrein was founded at the beginning of the 20th century as a French military station on the border of the colonial empire. In the Western Sahara conflict, Bir Moghrein was in the combat zone between Mauritanian troops and the Polisario .

At the 2000 census, the population was 2761. The simple flat houses are located in the vicinity of the Mauritanian military unit stationed in the village. There is an airfield with a paved runway with no public air traffic ( ICAO code : GQPT, no IATA airport code ).

Climate table

Bir Moghrein
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: wetterkontor.de
Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Bir Moghrein
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 22.6 25.2 28.5 30.2 34.1 36.3 41.9 40.8 37.0 31.6 27.0 22.4 O 31.5
Min. Temperature (° C) 10.3 11.4 13.6 14.7 17.8 18.8 23.4 23.3 22.0 18.9 14.6 10.7 O 16.7
Precipitation ( mm ) 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 6th 7th 10 4th 13 Σ 47
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 7.8 9.5 10.4 10.8 11.1 10.9 10.3 10.0 9.5 8.8 8.8 8.3 O 9.7
Humidity ( % ) 52 52 49 50 50 49 42 42 46 51 53 55 O 49.2
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Source: wetterkontor.de

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthony G. Pazzanita: Historical Dictionary of Mauritania. 2nd Edition. The Scarecrow Press, Lanham (Maryland) / Toronto / Plymouth 2008, p. 100.
  2. ↑ Bir Mohrein. World Aero Data