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Transport and Foreign Trade in Nouakchott, Toujournine, Sebkha, Dar-Naim (Mauritania)

Nouakchott is the political, economic and administrative capital of Mauritania (Maghreb)

  1. نواكشوط in Arabic
  2. Population of Nouakchott: 0.9 million inhabitants
    1. Nouakchott is the largest Mauritanian city
    2. Urban explosion in Nouakchott
    3. 1970: 25,000 inhabitants
    4. 2000: 558,000 inhabitants
  3. 75% of the tertiary sector companies are located in Nouakchott
  4. 90% of Nouakchott's economy is informal
  5. Cement factory Mafci (Italian group Italcement)

Transport and Logistics in Nouakchott (Mauritania)

  1. Port of Nouakchott (deep water)
  2. Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport
  3. Cairo-Dakar Transport Corridor
    1. Nouakchott-Nouadhibou Road: 481 kilometres
    2. Nouakchott-Rosso Road: 205 kilometres
    3. Distance from Nouakchott to Dakar: 561 kilometres
      1. Port of Dakar
      2. Access to the Dakar-Lagos Transport Corridor
  4. Nouakchott (Mauritania) - Mali (Kayes and Koulikoro) Road
  5. Néma - Boutilimit - Kiff Road (1.100 kilometres)

Logistics: Port of Dakar, Senegal. Access to Mali, Maritime Transport

Cairo-Dakar Corridor: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Senegal

Transport, Trade and Business in Mauritania Mauritania Nouakchott

  1. Masters: Business in Africa, Transport and Logistics in Africa
  2. Doctorate in African Business

Student Mauritanian of Nouakchott

More information: Trade and Business in Mauritania, at EENI Global Business School Website.

Business in Mauritania, Nouakchott, Mining, Mauritanian Economy and Foreign Trade

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

Transport, Trade and Business in Mauritania

  1. The nine districts of Nouakchott are Teyarett, Ksar, Tevragh Zeïna, Toujournine, Sebkha (large commercial area), El Mina, Dar Naïm, Arafat and Riyadh.
  2. Wilayas (regions) of Nouakchott:
    1. Nouakchott-North: Dar-Naim, Teyarett, Toujouonine
    2. Nouakchott-West: Ksar, Sebkha, Tevragh-Zeina
    3. Nouakchott-South: Arafat, El Mina, Riyad
  3. Climate of Nouakchott: hot desert
  4. Local Arabic (Hassanya) is the most spoken language in Nouakchott
  5. 50% of the inhabitants speak and understand French
  6. Main religion in Nouakchott: Islam

History of Nouakchott (Mauritania)

  1. 1958: foundation of Nouakchott
  2. Nouakchott was attacked twice by the Polisario Front (Western Sahara conflict)
  3. National Museum of Mauritania

Higher Education in Nouakchott (Mauritania):

  1. University of Nouakchott
  2. National School of Administration
  3. Higher Scientific Institute

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