City profile · Mauritania · Africa
Kaédi
Gorgol · Mauritania
City population
56,283
#8
in Mauritania
#10,225
worldwide
16.151, -13.506 · 340 km from Nouakchott
About Kaédi
Kaédi is a city in Gorgol, Mauritania with a population of 56,283. It is the 8th largest of the 26 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mauritania, and the 10,225th largest worldwide. It lies 340 km from Nouakchott.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Gorgol
Coordinates
16.151, -13.506
Record updated
14 April 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.