City profile · Mauritania · Africa
Bougadoum
Hodh Ech Chargi · Mauritania
City population
40,341
#11
in Mauritania
#3
in Hodh Ech Chargi
#13,864
worldwide
15.867, -7.369 · 948 km from Nouakchott
About Bougadoum
Bougadoum is a city in Hodh Ech Chargi, Mauritania with a population of 40,341. It is the 11th largest of the 26 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mauritania, and the 13,864th largest worldwide. It lies 948 km from Nouakchott.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Hodh Ech Chargi
Rank in region
#3of 4
Elevation
257 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nouakchott
Coordinates
15.867, -7.369
Record updated
2026-02-04
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.