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Nouakchott

Administration

Full name	Nouakchott
Native name	نواكشوط
Country	Mauritania
Capital district	Nouakchott
Government
Mayor	Ahmed Hamza (2007-)
Geography
Total Area	400 sq mi (1036 km2)
Demography
Total Population	881000 (1999)
Density (pop.)	881/km² (2281.8/sq mi)

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Nouakchott (Arabic: or (believed translation from Berber "The place of the winds", Nawākšūṭ) is the capital and by far the largest city of Mauritania. It is one of the largest cities in the Sahara. The city is the administrative and economic centre of Mauritania.

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