Mauritania Tour Guide: Nouakchott Last updated on
Thursday 22nd April 2010
On the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and the capital city, Nouakchott provides a good out-of-the-way tourist destination.
It is Mauritania's administrative and economic centre and is served by an international airport and a seaport nearby. Its population is 600,000 (1987 estimate).
From its beginnings as a village in the desert on the route north from Dakar, the community grew after being chosen to be the site of the national capital in 1957, three years before Mauritania achieved full independence.
The National School of Administration (1966), the National Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (1961), the National Library, and the National Archives are all here.
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Overview
History
The Bafours & the Berbers
The Almoravids
The Arab wars
European rule
Rise of nationalism
Ould Daddah
Ould Salek
The Polisario problem
Taya's coup
Geography...
For more information on tourism to Mauritania, contact:
Maison de l'Afrique, Rue de Viarmes 2
75001 Paris, France
Or in Mauritania itself, contact:
Tourist Office
off Avenue General Nasser...
Official Name
Mauritania (al-Jumhuriyah al-Islamiyah al-Muritaniyah)
Government type:
Republic
Capital
Nouakchott 800,000 people (1996).
Other cities
Nouadhibou 72,305; Kaédi 35,241; Kiffa...
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