Nouakchott North

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Basic data
Greater Region: Mauritania
Status: region
Residents : 366.912
Area : 306 km²
Nouakchott in Mauritania (special marker) .svg

Nouakchott-Nord ( Arabic نواكشوط الشمالية, DMG Nawākšūṭ aš-Šamāliyya ) is an administrative region of Mauritania . It consists of the three north-western departments of the capital Nouakchott : Dar-Naim , Teyarett and Toujouonine . The administrative headquarters are in Dar-Naim and Nouakchott International Airport is in the area of ​​the region.

Nouakchott-Nord was not established until November 25, 2014 when the Nouakchott region was divided into three new regions. wālī or governor is Mohamed Lemine Ould Mohamed Teyib Ould Adi . The main traffic arteries are the N1 and N3 , which run north and west through the region. It borders the Trarza region to the east and north , Nouakchott-West to the west and Nouakchott-South to the south .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ geonames.org .
  2. ↑ Mauritanie: la capitale Nouakchott, sera découpée en trois wilayas . Alakhbar. November 26, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Les trois wali de Nouakchott connus . le calame. December 12, 2014. Accessed June 14, 2015.

Coordinates: 18 ° 6 ′  N , 15 ° 55 ′  W