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Mauritania

Cities of Mauritania

Cities listed

26

Nouakchott

largest city

5.32M

national population

26 of 26 listed cities

Cities listed

26

15,000 or more people

Largest city

Nouakchott

1,184,530 people

Capital

Nouakchott

National capital

National population

5,315,065

Largest city is 22.3%

Cities in Mauritania

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26 cities


1	Nouakchott	—	1,184,530	22.3%
2	Nouadhibou	Dakhlet Nouadhibou	146,048	2.7%
3	Kiffa	Assaba	62,051	1.2%
4	Dar Naim	Nouakchott North	61,089	1.1%
5	Néma	Hodh Ech Chargi	60,000	1.1%
6	Mbera	Hodh Ech Chargi	58,985	1.1%
7	Ksar	Nouakchott West	57,758	1.1%
8	Kaédi	Gorgol	56,283	1.1%
9	Zouérat	Tiris Zemmour	55,183	1%
10	Tevragh Zeina	Nouakchott West	48,093	0.9%
11	Bougadoum	Hodh Ech Chargi	40,341	0.8%
12	Sélibaby	Guidimaka	32,653	0.6%
13	Atar	Adrar	31,133	0.6%
14	Ayoun El Atrous	Hodh El Gharbi	28,174	0.5%
15	Guerou	Assaba	27,590	0.5%
16	Boutilimitt	Trarza	27,170	0.5%
17	El ’Ayoûn	Assaba	22,896	0.4%
18	Tékane	Trarza	22,041	0.4%
19	Bogué	Brakna	20,291	0.4%
20	Aleg	Brakna	19,183	0.4%
21	Tembedgha	Hodh Ech Chargi	17,465	0.3%
22	Rosso	Trarza	15,870	0.3%
23	Akjoujt	Inchiri	15,851	0.3%
24	Ṭinṭâne	Hodh El Gharbi	15,684	0.3%
25	Elghabra	Assaba	15,480	0.3%
26	Magṭa‘ Laḥjar	Brakna	15,446	0.3%

Every City in Mauritania, by Region

13 regions.

Assaba4 cities

Kiffa 62,051
Guerou 27,590
El ’Ayoûn 22,896
Elghabra 15,480

Hodh Ech Chargi4 cities

Néma 60,000
Mbera 58,985
Bougadoum 40,341
Tembedgha 17,465

Brakna3 cities

Bogué 20,291
Aleg 19,183
Magṭa‘ Laḥjar 15,446

Trarza3 cities

Boutilimitt 27,170
Tékane 22,041
Rosso 15,870

Hodh El Gharbi2 cities

Ayoun El Atrous 28,174
Ṭinṭâne 15,684

Nouakchott West2 cities

Ksar 57,758
Tevragh Zeina 48,093

Adrar1 city

Atar 31,133

Dakhlet Nouadhibou1 city

Nouadhibou 146,048

Gorgol1 city

Kaédi 56,283

Guidimaka1 city

Sélibaby 32,653

Inchiri1 city

Akjoujt 15,851

Nouakchott North1 city

Dar Naim 61,089

Tiris Zemmour1 city

Zouérat 55,183

No region recorded1 city

Nouakchott 1,184,530

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