Nouakchott
Americannoun
noun
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The migrants had departed Nouakchott, Mauritania’s capital, 10 days earlier, according to José Antonio Rodríguez Verona, a Spanish Red Cross coordinator.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
Vanuatu, in the south-central Pacific; Nacala, Mozambique; and Nouakchott, Mauritania, are also potential Chinese navy bases.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
In late December he was admitted to a hospital in the capital Nouakchott for heart treatment and his family have called for his evacuation abroad.
From Reuters ● Jan. 7, 2022
Ambitious infrastructure projects such as the Trans-Maghreb highway, which would link 55 cities, 50 million people and 22 airports from Nouakchott to Tripoli, also seem dead in the water.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2021
The country's first deepwater port opened near Nouakchott in 1986.
From The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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