
Business in Nouakchott (Mauritania)
Foreign Trade in Nouakchott, Toujournine, Sebkha, Dar-Naim (Mauritania)
Nouakchott is the political, economic and administrative capital of
Mauritania (Maghreb)
- نواكشوط in Arabic
- Population of Nouakchott: 0.9 million inhabitants
- Nouakchott
is the largest Mauritanian city
- Urban explosion in Nouakchott
- 1970: 25,000 inhabitants
- 2000: 558,000 inhabitants
- 75% of the tertiary sector companies are located in Nouakchott
- 90% of Nouakchott's economy is informal
- Cement factory Mafci (Italian group Italcement)
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Transport and Logistics in Nouakchott (Mauritania)
- Port of Nouakchott (deep
water)
- Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport
- Cairo-Dakar Corridor
- Nouakchott-Nouadhibou Road: 481 kilometres
- Nouakchott-Rosso Road: 205 kilometres
- Distance from Nouakchott to Dakar: 561 kilometres
- Port of Dakar
- Access to the Dakar-Lagos Corridor
- Nouakchott (Mauritania) - Mali (Kayes and
Koulikoro)
Road
- Néma - Boutilimit - Kiff Road (1.100 kilometres)


- Nouakchott = the place of the winds in Berber
- Mauritanian Region: Nouakchott
- Nouakchott is on the Atlantic coast of the Sahara Desert (West
Africa)
- Nouakchott is threatened by sand dunes

- The nine districts of Nouakchott are Teyarett, Ksar, Tevragh Zeïna,
Toujournine, Sebkha (large commercial area), El Mina, Dar Naïm, Arafat and
Riyadh.
- Wilayas (regions) of Nouakchott:
- Nouakchott-North: Dar-Naim, Teyarett, Toujouonine
- Nouakchott-West: Ksar, Sebkha, Tevragh-Zeina
- Nouakchott-South: Arafat, El Mina, Riyad
- Climate of Nouakchott: hot desert
- Local Arabic (Hassanya) is the most spoken language in Nouakchott
- 50% of the inhabitants speak and understand French
- Main religion in Nouakchott: Islam
History of Nouakchott (Mauritania)
- 1958: foundation of Nouakchott
- Nouakchott was attacked twice by the Polisario Front (Western Sahara
conflict)
- National Museum of Mauritania
Higher Education in Nouakchott (Mauritania):
- University of Nouakchott
- National School of Administration
- Higher Scientific Institute
Nouakchott
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