City profile · Mauritania · Africa
Kiffa
Assaba · Mauritania
City population
62,051
#3
in Mauritania
#1
in Assaba
#9,273
worldwide
16.621, -11.402 · 512 km from Nouakchott
About Kiffa
Kiffa is a city in Assaba, Mauritania with a population of 62,051. It is the 3rd largest of the 26 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Mauritania, and the 9,273rd largest worldwide. It lies 512 km from Nouakchott.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Assaba
Rank in region
#1of 4
Elevation
127 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Nouakchott
Coordinates
16.621, -11.402
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.