City profile · Mauritania · Africa
Atar
Adrar · Mauritania
City population
31,133
#13
in Mauritania
#17,426
worldwide
20.519, -13.046 · 410 km from Nouakchott
About Atar
Atar is a city in Adrar, Mauritania with a population of 31,133. It is the 13th largest of the 26 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mauritania, and the 17,426th largest worldwide. It lies 410 km from Nouakchott.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Adrar
Elevation
192 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nouakchott
Coordinates
20.519, -13.046
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 26 in MauritaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.