City profile · Mauritania · Africa
El ’Ayoûn
Assaba · Mauritania
City population
22,896
#17
in Mauritania
#3
in Assaba
#22,803
worldwide
15.558, -11.180 · 583 km from Nouakchott
About El ’Ayoûn
El ’Ayoûn is a city in Assaba, Mauritania with a population of 22,896. It is the 17th largest of the 26 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mauritania, and the 22,803rd largest worldwide. It lies 583 km from Nouakchott.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Assaba
Rank in region
#3of 4
Coordinates
15.558, -11.180
Record updated
4 February 2026
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.