Tagant

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Nouakchott Trarza Dakhlet Nouadhibou Brakna Gorgol Guidimaka Assaba Tagant Inchiri Hodh El Gharbi Adrar Tiris Zemmour Hodh Ech Chargui Senegal Mali Marokko Spanien (Kanarische Inseln) Westsahara: de-facto teils zu Marokko und vollständig von Marokko beansprucht Algerien
Location of the Tagant administrative region in Mauritania
Départements in Tagant

Tagant (from the mazirischen ⵜⴰⴳⴰⵏⵜ Tagant , "forest", Arabic ولاية تكانت, DMG Wilāyat Takānit ) is the eleventh of the fifteen administrative regions in the African state of Mauritania . In 2017, the population was estimated at 82,700.

The region is south-central and is named after the Tagant Plateau . Tagant is enclosed by the other Mauritanian administrative regions Adrar in the north, Hodh Ech Chargui in the east, Hodh El Gharbi and Assaba in the south and Brakna in the west.

The capital is Tidjikja . Another city of importance is Tichitt . Tagant is divided into the three departments Tidjikja , Tichitt and Moudjéria .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mauritania: Regions, Cities & Urban Places - Population Statistics in Maps and Tables. Retrieved May 16, 2018 .

Coordinates: 18 ° 29 ′  N , 10 ° 38 ′  W